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Time for Twitter?
Isn't Twitter just about celebrities and trivia? What can it offer for researchers?
Explore the showcase of different ways in which researchers are using Twitter, and try things out for yourself by using the links on the right hand side.
Keep up to date with the buzz
Subscribe to a newsfeed for a hashtag so you don't miss any Tweets relating to a conference, event, news story etc.
Recreating history: UK WW2 Cabinet
This project from the National Archives is recreating World War 2 on Twitter, based on the Cabinet Papers. Visit this site for other Twitter accounts which attempt to 'recreate' historical events.
Twitter: Research Institute
Keep up with research news: AHRC
Twitter: individual academic
Tweet your thesis
Can you summarise your doctoral research in 140 characters?
Tweets about "#tweetyourthesis"
Get started!
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Have a go! Search Twitter
- Academic tweetersSubject-based list of recommended academic tweeters, compiled by LSE researchers.
- Advanced Twitter searchTwitter's advanced search has lots of options to help you pinpoint what you're after.
- Classicists on Twitter
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List of Classicists and Ancient Historians on Twitter, compiled by Ian Groves. - Twitter listsLists are a useful way of finding others with similar interests. This example is a list of history researchers - see if you can find lists relevant to your field.
Selected articles about Twitter in academia
- 5,000 tweets on
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Interesting article by Brian Kelly reflecting on different uses of Twitter in an HE context. - Can Twitter make scientists better communicators?Recent article which includes a selection of researchers to follow.
- Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities
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A new guide from LSE which shows new users how to get started and hone their tweeting style, and advises more experienced users how to use Twitter for research and teaching. - Using Twitter as a data sourceUseful overview of tools and techniques: also see comments.
- Twitter for researchers and academicsHandy tips for people who are already using Twitter.
- Twitter journal
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Article about the world's first Twitter-only journal. - Using Twitter for curated academic contentRecent blogpost from an English literature professor.
- What makes a valuable academic tweet?Report of a research project evaluating what people like/dislike about academic tweets.
- Why you should use Twitter during your PhDStudent perspective - why Twitter was useful for her own research