TY - JOUR
T1 - Twittering about research
T2 - a case study of the world's first Twitter poster competition
AU - Randviir, Edward P.
AU - Ilingworth, Samuel M.
AU - Baker, Matthew J.
AU - Cude, Matthew
AU - Banks, Craig E.
PY - 2015/9/21
Y1 - 2015/9/21
N2 - The Royal Society of Chemistry held, to our knowledge, the world’s first Twitter conference at 9am on February 5th, 2015. This paper reports the details of the event and discusses the outcomes, such as the potential for the use of social media to enhance scientific communication at conferences. In particular, the present work argues that social media outlets such as Twitter broaden audiences, speed up communication, and force clearer and more concise descriptions of a researcher’s work. The benefits of poster presentations are also discussed in terms of potential knowledge exchange and networking. This paper serves as a proof-of-concept approach for improving both the public opinion of the poster, and the enhancement of the poster through an innovative online format that some may feel more comfortable with, compared to face-to-face communication.
AB - The Royal Society of Chemistry held, to our knowledge, the world’s first Twitter conference at 9am on February 5th, 2015. This paper reports the details of the event and discusses the outcomes, such as the potential for the use of social media to enhance scientific communication at conferences. In particular, the present work argues that social media outlets such as Twitter broaden audiences, speed up communication, and force clearer and more concise descriptions of a researcher’s work. The benefits of poster presentations are also discussed in terms of potential knowledge exchange and networking. This paper serves as a proof-of-concept approach for improving both the public opinion of the poster, and the enhancement of the poster through an innovative online format that some may feel more comfortable with, compared to face-to-face communication.
KW - academic conferences
KW - poster sessions
KW - Twitter
KW - Twitter poster conference
UR - http://f1000research.com/articles/4-798/v1
U2 - 10.12688/f1000research.6992.1
DO - 10.12688/f1000research.6992.1
M3 - Article
VL - 4
JO - F1000Research
JF - F1000Research
M1 - 798
ER -