Should academics quit Twitter?

Use of social media metrics in research evaluation ‘narrow’

Online profile seen simplistically ‘as a proxy for being a publicly engaged academic’, warn researchers

By Matthew Reisz

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Careers intelligence: surviving academic social media’s dark side

As social media becomes an increasing presence in scholarly life, Mark Carrigan looks at how to mitigate its negatives

By Mark Carrigan

16 January

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Academic listservs are the antidote to Twitter and other poisons

A few electronic mailing lists still thrive in the academy, reminding us that peer communication need not be all about ‘building the brand’, says Kate Eichhorn

By Kate Eichhorn

12 March

UKRI sorry for pursuing Researchfish Twitter complaints

Funder admits it contacted universities over critical tweets relating to impact platform but did not factor this into grant-awarding decisions

By Jack Grove

19 April

Should academics quit Twitter?

Elon Musk’s ‘de facto town square’ is a place where misinformation abounds and where academia is often attacked by culture warriors. But is fighting back effective? Or can it make things worse if academics don’t keep calm and stick to the facts? Tom Williams reports

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Should academics quit Twitter?

Elon Musk’s ‘de facto town square’ is a place where misinformation abounds and where academia is often attacked by culture warriors. But is fighting back effective? Or can it make things worse if academics don’t keep calm and stick to the facts? Tom Williams reports

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Related articles

Use of social media metrics in research evaluation ‘narrow’

Careers intelligence: surviving academic social media’s dark side

Academic listservs are the antidote to Twitter and other poisons

UKRI sorry for pursuing Researchfish Twitter complaints

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