The Social Networks and You (the Researcher)
In the last post we talked about navigating —badum tss!— the internet as a researcher and you may have noticed that we left a mighty important part of it outside: social networks. It's rare these days to find out someone who hasn't got a foot in the rabbit hole that are social networks. Let's be clear, we all have a family member that was addicted to Farmville. It is also a place where any information can be spread far and wide, no matter how bananas —who can forget that it is the favourite place to explain conspiracy theories (yes, I'm looking at you, far right). The good news is that you, the researcher, can use social networks for the good! How? Well, by sharing there your very logical, peer-reviewed and scientific research! There are as many social networks as there are stars in the sky, but this is pretty great because once you have chosen the format in which you can disseminate your research you will have loads of options! Do you prefer text? Then Blogger and Twi
