This document outlines the social media and digital archiving activities of Architecture_MPS, a research organization that publishes an open-access journal. It describes Architecture_MPS' participation in social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest to promote its journal articles, conferences, and other resources. The document also provides guidance to interns on social media best practices and analytics for measuring the effectiveness of Architecture_MPS' social media campaigns.
2. Who Are Architecture_MPS?
• a research organization led by academics,
architects and information professionals
• a scholarly online open-access journal of the
same name published through University
College London Press
(ISSN 2050-9006)
http://architecturemps.com/
3. Participating Institutions
• University College London Press
• Adelphi University, NY, US
• University of Liverpool, UK
• Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
• Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• Woodbury University, CA, US
• Ravensbourne University College, UK
• University of Cyprus
• and others
4. Architecture and Digital Space
• Much of the conversation and debate around
architecture, and interrelated discourses of
media, politics and social science occurs in
digital space.
• Often this occurs through the feeds and
forums of social media.
12. Resource Repository
In line with our commitment to scholarly communication
services, the Resource Repository aims to facilitate and promote
collaborative research between academics and information
professionals.
•Current Listings
•Resource Guides
•Webliography
14. Social Media Policy
• Relevant Content
• Effective Summarization
• POV Balance
• Linking it Back to AMPS
Our social media campaigns
are carried out by our interns
and managed by a Social
Media Manager.
15. Social Media Training Document
• Becoming acquainted with the content as a discipline
– AMPS content
• Monthly article
• Current and back issue archive
• Resource repository
– Suggested news sources
– Open access publications
• Social media accounts and login credentials
• Guidelines on tone
• Examples of posts
• Methods for expanding readership
16. General Guidelines
• Vary sources: One post per week from the same source
– e.g. New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times
– Use English language papers from various countries (ie. India,
Canada, Australia, etc.)
• One post/tweet per week on something from the resource repository
• One post/tweet per month on a back issue article
• When a new article is published at the beginning of the month:
– Reference our article for the first week
– Following that - One post/tweet per week related to issues
around our current article
– Try to find things related to the article’s theme(s) and link to
those while still continuing to reference us in subsequent
weeks
17. Hashtags
• #AmpsHCF
• #MediatedCity
• #media
• #politics
• #society
• #film
• Collate posts by topic
• Tag content and events
• Anyone can use them
• Used on many social
media platforms:
Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram, etc.
52. Pinterest Analytics
As of October 13, 2015
28 Boards
434 Pins
0 Likes
140 Followers
134 Following
We just turned on the
Pinterest Analytics
feature in October 2015,
so have less data than
for our other social
media accounts.
61. #MediatedCity
• Conferences:
– April 1-3, 2016 Bristol, UK
– October 2014 Los Angeles
• Publications
– Book Series: Digital-Cultural
Ecology and the Mid-Sized
City
– Journal Issues
• Vol.5, no 2: Hazing Iran:
Satellite Imagery, Human
Rights, and City as Camp
• Vol.5, no 4: Framing the Real
• Vol.6, no 1: Porocity:
Networking Cities for Climate
Change
62. #AmpsHCF
• Conferences
– Dec 14-15, 2015 Seville
– Apr 8-9, 2015 Liverpool
– 2016 Nicosia, Cyprus
Melbourne, and Bristol
• Design projects
• Book series
• Special journal issues
• Publications
• Film/media/art events
63. Architecture as Political Image
Supported by a Carnegie-Whitney Grant in 2014 from the
American Library Association, Architecture_MPS has created
an extensive webliography and a research guide related to the
use of architecture in political campaign imagery in the US.
67. Three Main Drives
1. to promote the articles and resources of AMPS
1. to promote the events and conferences hosted by AMPS
1. to add to the wider conversation on architecture and media,
politics and society
68. General Challenges
• The Internet is a Rabbit Hole!
• Striking a balance between the different types of posts
• Initiating a conversation; engaging and growing followers
• Tie-in from Amps content to current events isn’t always
obvious
• Character limits, need to be economical
• Tracking specific links, not just specific tweets
69. Suggestions
• Use scheduling software, like Hootsuite
• Big-picture approach: use materials that will relate to AMPS
content in a broader way
• Paired content: external link and relevant AMPS content
• Five external posts for each internal one
70. Challenges for Interns
• Knowing the themes and content of AMPS materials
• Learning to use the social media platforms and tools
• Measuring the effectiveness of each post
• Getting into the head of the audience
71. Suggestions for Interns
• Provide a clear training document
• Keep communication lines open; offer to review suggested
content
• Use Google Docs, email or another shared forum for
discussing prospective content
• Praise interns for their efforts, discoveries, etc.
73. Rewards to Our Team
• Broader and growing understanding of the topics at the
heart of AMPS
• Learning how social media works as a tool of promotion for
an organization has been valuable
• Adopting the tone and eye for content fitting the mandate of
AMPS has been a good learning experience
• Finding something that compliments our materials nicely is a
good feeling
74. Rewards to Your Archive
• Broader and growing community dedicated to the topics at
the heart of your archive
• Broader discovery of your digital content, your events and
your works
• Fulfilling your mandate to preserve, promote and engage
the greater public with your materials
• An interested, engaged community brings good feelings to
all of your archives patrons, staff and the larger world
75. Thank You!
Noreen Whysel
Social Media Manager
Architecture_MPS
nwhysel@gmail.com
@nwhysel
Rachel Isaac-Menard
Head of Research Support
Architecture_MPS
ris@architecturemps.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/architecturemps
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/architecture.mps.9
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/architecturemps