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Tag Archives: Blogging
Jan 28 2013
The boundaries of academic blogging
7 CommentsAlex Marsh thinks of himself as a blogger who is an academic, rather than an “academic blogger”. He finds that though there is significant overlap, these two identities are not entirely congruent. An academic blogger may feel constrained to topics only related … Continue reading
Posted by: January 28, 2013
Tagged with: Blogging
Jan 21 2013
Dr Jekyll writes – binge writing as a pathological academic condition
3 CommentsThe practice of academic writing has a tendency to be viewed as a pathological condition – with certain behaviour, like writing for extended periods of time, listed as particularly harmful. But Pat Thomson doesn’t think this prescriptive approach gives enough credit to … Continue reading
Posted by: January 21, 2013
Tagged with: Blogging
Dec 18 2012
Finding the time to blog
4 CommentsPat Thomson doesn’t have too much time on her hands, and she isn’t trying to be trendy, yet she is finding time to write a blog. Here, she explains how she has altered her schedule to rely on a much … Continue reading
Posted by: December 18, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, Blogging, impact
Aug 24 2012
“If a tree falls in a forest…” Why REF impact isn’t the only (or best) reason to engage with social media to make an impact
1 CommentUnemployment, immigration and health policy are among some of the social science topics debated each weekend in your local pub. Instead of creating new knowledge as an end in itself, Martin Price argues that making findings accessible, and comprehensible, to … Continue reading
Posted by: August 24, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, academic publishing, Blogging, digital era, impact, public engagement
Aug 10 2012
I’m an academic and desperately need an online presence, where do I start?
15 CommentsSalma Patel has been on a whistle-stop tour of academic social media channels. Here she shares her simple, practical tips for academics who want to start engaging with the wider world through social media. Question: I’m an academic and desperately … Continue reading
Posted by: August 10, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, Blogging, digital era, impact, public engagement, social media, twitter
Aug 8 2012
Blog inequality in scholarly research will not end until digital preservation techniques improve
3 CommentsAcademic blogs are transient, ephemeral and present a problem for citation, but their faults are not necessarily because of a distinct lack of mechanisms for preservation of digital material. Martin Eve writes that until we can be confident following a … Continue reading
Posted by: August 8, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, academic publishing, Blogging, digital era, impact, journals
Jul 24 2012
Professional digital practice in academia: From online networking to building apps
2 CommentsAn understanding of how to present knowledge and promote learning in digital formats will soon be integral to academic practice. Deborah Lupton gives a tour of the not-to-be-missed academic digital tools available online. In my previous post, I explained the … Continue reading
Posted by: July 24, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, academic publishing, Blogging, digital era, impact, Knowledge transfer, open access, social media
Jul 18 2012
We must make the digital world central to sociological research
4 CommentsHow we connect socially in the digital world must now become a central feature of sociologial study. Sociologists need to learn how to use digital media for professional purposes, but they must also explore the impact of these media. Deborah … Continue reading
Posted by: July 18, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, Blogging, citations, digital era, impact, social media
Jun 12 2012
The Republic of Blogs: A new phase in the development and democratization of knowledge
3 CommentsAfter a long period of monopolising academic discourse, European universities went into decline. Intellectual development moved outside the walled gardens of academia creating a Republic of Letters. Patrick Dunleavy argues that we are experiencing a similar shift towards a ‘Republic … Continue reading
Posted by: June 12, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, Blogging, digital era, impact, journals, open access, public engagement, social media
May 2 2012
Paper books in a digital era: How conservative publishers and authors almost killed off books in university social science
Comments OffFor more than 15 years, books available only in paper form have fought a losing battle with digitally-available articles in academic journals – the publishing equivalent of horse cavalry repeatedly charging barbed wire defences with machine guns. As their usefulness and … Continue reading
Posted by: May 2, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, academic publishing, Blogging, digital era, impact
