Social Media for Political Scientists

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Social Media for

Political ScientistsAPSA 2011

Alexandra Samuel www.alexandrasamuel.com

@awsamuel on Twitter

DirectorSocial + Interactive Media Centre

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

AGENDA

• WHY SOCIAL MEDIA• MONITORING: Google Reader, iGoogle• STORYTELLING: WordPress, Facebook, Twitter• CONNECTING: LinkedIn, HootSuite• MANAGING: Evernote, Basecamp, Delicious

Alexandra Samuelwww.alexandrasamuel.com

Social Media for Political ScientistsAPSA short courseAugust 2011

social media in the classroom

Incrediblydistracting

Incrediblyenriching

social media will makepolitical scientists

world-changingintellectualpowerhouses

140-charactermental midgets

Your social media life today

tweeting right now

emailsometimes

Monitoring

Alexandra Samuel@awsamuel

Feed your research, teaching and publishing with:• information about emergent cases in your field• news and conversational hooks• awareness of your own reputation• images and videos to include in teaching

Monitoring

Storytelling

Build interest in your blog or tweets by:• adding photos to your blog or home page• running a contest• covering a live event• finding pictures for a print piece or web site

Storytelling

Connecting

• find researchers and experts in your field• connect to policymakers• build trust with and among students• help media, policymakers and collaborators

find you

Connecting

Managing

Zotero

Choose tools & tags that…• relate to your research or teaching• support your professional development• you use as a team• are “for:you”

Managing

Get started

• MONITORING: Google Reader, iGoogle• STORYTELLING: WordPress.com, Facebook, Twitter• CONNECTING: LinkedIn, HootSuite• MANAGING: Evernote, Basecamp, Delicious

@awsamuel

Thank you

Alexandra Samuelalex@alexandrasamuel.com

Social Media for Political Scientists

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