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Tweet it. Tweet it. And find out who else did Emma Richardson, Libraries and Learning Services @emmaric2247 Dr Josh Emmitt, Faculty of Arts @joshemmitt Dr Patrick Thomsen, Faculty of Arts @PatrickSThomsen What is Twitter? What is Twitter?


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Tweet it. Tweet it.

And find out who else did…

Emma Richardson, Libraries and Learning Services @emmaric2247 Dr Josh Emmitt, Faculty of Arts @joshemmitt Dr Patrick Thomsen, Faculty of Arts @PatrickSThomsen

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What is Twitter? What is Twitter?

Image: Lifewire by Emilie Dunphy

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Why and How? Why and How?

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What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of?

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Strategise Strategise

  • Networking - follow, reply and reshare tweets by

researchers you like

  • Research and use hashtags - hashtagify.me

○ “Clout-chase”

  • Always include a link and a doi if possible

○ Tiny.url or bit.ly to shorten hyperlinks

  • Curate your feed
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Establish yourself Establish yourself

  • Claim research territory
  • Find your hook
  • Engage with community
  • Be yourself
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Engage Engage

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Twitter upkeep Twitter upkeep

  • Put time aside
  • Schedule tweets
  • Mute is your friend
  • Ok to take a break
  • Stay relevant
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Who else did Who else did - Altmetric Altmetric

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Tweet types Tweet types

  • Threads
  • Media
  • Retweets
  • Gifs
  • Shares
  • TMI
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Twitter lingo Twitter lingo

  • @s RTs posts
  • TL/DR
  • RTPT or RTPRT
  • Subtweets
  • Trends/Trending
  • Memes
  • Twitter hashtags
  • Slang - subcultures, cliques, communities
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Threads Threads

https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1147461221941207040

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Draft a thread Draft a thread

Resbaz takeaways ? Summarize your research project or topic? Comment on an issue in your field? Share a link to your thesis and explain your topic?

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Recap Recap

Why

  • Draw attention to your

research

  • Build network with

your research community

  • Engage with non-

academic communities Strategise

  • Who are you trying

to reach?

  • Cloud chase

Keep it up

  • Maintain your

presence

  • Monitor what

works