intro talk social media for pg researchers
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“How to use blogs, wikis, apps & other social media to engage the public and enrich your research”
Dawn Carmichael,University of Abertay Dundee
Hello
Teaching – rich interactivity in web apps and social networking
Research Findings – “these things are beyond all use and I do fear them”
UPBEET
Today
Consider the possibilities of social media&
Plan future projects
Input/Output
What do you want to present?
What do you want to elicit?
Special Affordancesof Social Media
User Generated Content (UGC)
Social platformsSocial data gathering
Blogs
• Blogs – online journal – blogger.com• Posting/Commenting• Social Data?
Wikis
• Wiki – online document - wikispaces.com• Collaborative document editing• Broader UGC? Shared commentary
Images
• Images – posting/viewing – flickr.com• Digital artefacts• Representations• Social data? Tagging > concepts
Video
• Video – posting/viewing – youtube.com• Collections/channels• Social platform
• Twitter – micro-blogging – twitter.com• @ and #• Social data?
• Facebook – profiles and posts – facebook.com• Fan pages > public pages• Social platform? Customisation, Likes, Social
Ads
Facebook groups
• Discussion forum – Facebook groups• Social platform• Social data (more later)
Files
• File sharing – documents etc. – dropbox.com• Handy utility• File sharing – collaborative• Social platform
A web site
• Obvious/simple• Wizards and/or Uni hosted• Rationale > content control• Social widgets
The solution is simple
What do you want to present?
What do you want to elicit?What are the special affordances?
But......
What if your requirements aren’t simple?
Apps....
Web Apps
• Web sites > Rich interactions• Blurred distinctions• Rich metaphors
Facebook Apps
Customisation
Social data
• Application Programming Interface• Social graph
Mobile Apps
• Typically more complex interactions• Apps are downloaded• Devices – iphones, android, blackberry etc. • Interoperability• Wrapping apps• However - devices have web access
App-tastic?
• Utilities• Entertainment• Conferences • University open days/induction
Special problems of Social Media
Thoughtful deployment
Standing out from the crowdEthical considerations
Ideas?
• What do you want to present?• What do you want to elicit?