Social Media: a Guide for Researchers

Social Media: A guide for researchers

Links and resources February 2011

Social bookmarking, news Social networking services ĂŶĚƐŽĐŝĂůĐŝƚĂƟŽŶƚŽŽůƐ Academia.edu - www.academia.edu Blogging and BibSonomy - www.bibsonomy.org Facebook - www.facebook.com Microblogging tools CiteULike - www.citeulike.com Friendfeed - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĨƌŝĞŶĚĨĞĞĚ͘ĐŽŵ delicious - www.delicious.com 'ƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ:ƵŶĐƟŽŶͲǁǁǁ͘ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞũƵŶĐƟŽŶ͘ŶĞƚ Blogger - www.blogger.com Digg - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĚŝŐŐ͘ĐŽŵͬŶĞǁƐ LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com LiveJournal - www.livejournal.com diigo - www.diigo.com MethodSpace - www.methodspace.com Google buzz - www.google.com/buzz Mendeley - www.mendeley.com MySpace - www.myspace.com Plurk - www.plurk.com Newsvine - www.newsvine.com Nature Network - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͘ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͘ĐŽŵ Posterous - www.posterous.com Reddit - www.reddit.com ResearchGate - www.researchgate.net Tumblr - www.tumblr.com Zotero - www.zotero.org dǁŝƩĞƌͲǁǁǁ͘ƚǁŝƩĞƌ͘ĐŽŵ Typepad - www.typepad.com Wordpress - www.wordpress.org WƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐŚĂƌŝŶŐƚŽŽůƐ Virtual worlds Yammer - www.yammer.com Scribd - www.scribd.com Second Life - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬƐĞĐŽŶĚůŝĨĞ͘ĐŽŵ SlideShare - www.slideshare.net OpenSim - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬŽƉĞŶƐŝŵƵůĂƚŽƌ͘ŽƌŐ Sliderocket - www.sliderocket.com Audio and Video tools tŽƌůĚŽĨtĂƌĐƌĂŌͲŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĞƵ͘ďĂƩůĞ͘ŶĞƚͬǁŽǁ Flickr - ǁǁǁ͘ŇŝĐŬƌ͘ĐŽŵ :ƵƐƟŶƚǀͲǁǁǁ͘ũƵƐƟŶ͘ƚǀ Examples of academic and research blogs Livestream - www.livestream.com Picasa - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬƉŝĐĂƐĂ͘ŐŽŽŐůĞ͘ĐŽŵ Academic blog portal - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐďůŽŐƐ͘ŽƌŐ SmugMug - www.smugmug.com Adventures in Career Development - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐŝŶĐĂƌĞĞƌĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͘ƉŽƐƚĞƌŽƵƐ͘ĐŽŵ Ustream - www.ustream.tv alunsalt.com - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĂůƵŶƐĂůƚ͘ĐŽŵ Viddler - www.viddler.com Finds and Features - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĮŶĚƐĂŶĚĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ͘ǁŽƌĚƉƌĞƐƐ͘ĐŽŵ Vimeo - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǀŝŵĞŽ͘ĐŽŵ Fresh and Crispy - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬďůŽŐ͘ĐƉũŽďůŝŶŐ͘ŽƌŐ YouTube - www.youtube.com Love of History - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƟŶĂŬĂƚƐĂƌŝ͘ǁŽƌĚƉƌĞƐƐ͘ĐŽŵ MicrobiologyBytes - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐƌŽďŝŽůŽŐǇďǇƚĞƐ͘ĐŽŵͬďůŽŐ DǇĞǆĐŝƟŶŐWŚũŽƵƌŶĞǇ͊ͲŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĞůĞŶĂƉŚĚ͘ǁŽƌĚƉƌĞƐƐ͘ĐŽŵ PhD Blog (dot) Net - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬƉŚĚďůŽŐ͘ŶĞƚ Research blogging - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚďůŽŐŐŝŶŐ͘ŽƌŐ Science in the Open - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĐĂŵĞƌŽŶŶĞǇůŽŶ͘ŶĞƚ Science of the Invisible - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬƐĐŝĞŶĐĞŽŌŚĞŝŶǀŝƐŝďůĞ͘ďůŽŐƐƉŽƚ͘ĐŽŵ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĂŶĚǁƌŝƟŶŐ Stanford blog directory - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬďůŽŐ͘ƐƚĂŶĨŽƌĚ͘ĞĚƵ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶƚŽŽůƐ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐŽƵƚŝŶ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞͲŚƩƉ͗ͬͬďĞŐƐĐŝ͘ǁŽƌĚƉƌĞƐƐ͘ĐŽŵ Dropbox - www.dropbox.com Google Docs - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĚŽĐƐ͘ŐŽŽŐůĞ͘ĐŽŵ WƌŽũĞĐƚŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ŵĞĞƟŶŐĂŶĚ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ PBworks - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬƉďǁŽƌŬƐ͘ĐŽŵ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶƚŽŽůƐ management tools Wetpaint - www.wetpaint.com Wikia - www.wikia.com Adobe Connect - www.adobe.com Google Reader - www.google.com/reader Wikispaces - www.wikispaces.com Bamboo - ǁǁǁ͘ďĂŵďŽŽƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͘ĐŽŵ iGoogle - www.google.com/ig ŽŚŽKĸĐĞ^ƵŝƚĞͲwww.zoho.com Basecamp - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬďĂƐĞĐĂŵƉŚƋ͘ĐŽŵ Netvibes - www.netvibes.com ŝŐůƵĞƵƩŽŶͲŚƩƉ͗ͬͬďŝŐďůƵĞďƵƩŽŶ͘ŽƌŐ WĂŐĞŇĂŬĞƐͲǁǁǁ͘ƉĂŐĞŇĂŬĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ ŝƚƌŝǆ'ŽƚŽDĞĞƟŶŐͲǁǁǁ͘ŐŽƚŽŵĞĞƟŶŐ͘ĐŽŵ DimDim - www.dimdim.com Elluminate - www.elluminate.com >ŽĐĂƟŽŶďĂƐĞĚƚŽŽůƐ Huddle - www.huddle.com Skype - www.skype.com Foursquare - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĨŽƵƌƐƋƵĂƌĞ͘ĐŽŵ Gowalla - ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬŐŽǁĂůůĂ͘ĐŽŵ Facebook Places - www.facebook.com/places

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