Social Media.& Academics

Kimberly Voss, PhD, Assoc. Professor, UCF

& Lance Speere, M.S., Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Tampa

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACADEMICS: LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE THROUGH APPLICATION

My Blog: Women’s Page History

Vintage Cocktail Columnist

Vintage Cocktail Columnist

My Social Media Friend: Laura FowlerSIUE

The Food Section Book

The Food Section

Mad Men & Working Women

Which Social Media?

Academia & Social Media

• Academia.edu• Linkedin • Facebook • Twitter• Pinterest• SlideShare• Blogger• FourSquare

Academic Reasons

•Better Lit Reviews•Network/Collaboration•Research Opportunities•Collect Analytics\Impact•Beyond the Ivory Tower•Building Community

Social Media Analytics• Twitter:

• 3,100 tweets• Following: 2,000 & Followers: 530

• Pinterest: • 126 boards & 4,400 pins• 611 likes• 554 followers

Academia.edu• 1,384 profile views• 3,961 document views

Linkedin: 425 connections

My Blog: 156,000 Page View

Linkedin

Academia.edu

Analytics

Conversation By Blog

Sharing Scholarship

ReTweets

Twitter Shout Out

Facebook Repost

Women’s History Month, 2013

•Blogged daily•Created a Facebook post daily•Tweeted a link daily• Pinned to a Pinterest board daily•Added it to my Google+ circles

Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month on Facebook

Women’s History Month onPinterest

Orlando History Center Talk, 2014

Promoting Talk

PromotingExpertise

Promoting Expertise

Slide Share

Women & Food Symposium

Social Media About Event

The Food Section

Social Media & Book

Twitter & Book

Facebook & Book

Book & Pinterest

Linkedin, FB & Book

Next Potential Project Came From FB

Social Media Concerns

Create Personal Policies

Make Social Media a Habit

Build Your Brand

Group Projects

PinterestGroup Boards

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