Blogging and social media offer academics opportunities to help shape, develop and improve upon their research. Presentation held for PhD students in humanities and social sciences (Erasmus University Amsterdam). I outline 13 reasons why academics blog and tweet, taken from academic research and academic blogs.

1. Becoming a better academic
through blogging and social media
Linda Duits

2. BLOGGING IDIOTS

3. BLOGGING IDIOTS

4. MOTIVATIONS

5. NWO WANTS YOU TO

6. CONTROL DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

7. BLIND
SPOTSLISTENING TO LAY PEOPLE

8. “We‟re privileged when people ask
questions, not because we can then go
into „explananation mode‟, but because
they prompt us to think anew.”
LISTENING TO LAY PEOPLE

9. BALANCING THE NEWS

10. INCREASE VISIBILITY FOR COLLEAGUES

11. DISCUSS WITH COLLEAGUES

12. FOLLOW CONFERENCES

13. KEEP UP WITH YOUR FIELD

14. PERSONAL ARCHIVE

15. RESEARCH LOG

16. CREATE PERSONAL BRAND

17. FINDING RESPONDENTS

18. EXPRESSING OPINIONS

19. IMPROVING YOUR WRITING SKILLS

20. THE PLACE TO BE

21. FINAL THOUGHT

22. Thank you for your attention!
@lalalalinder
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