Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
February 21, 2014
The Use (or Is It Abuse?) of Social Media in Social Science
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New Social Media, New Social Science? Blurring the Boundaries: One Year On
Last year, SAGE, the National Centre for Social Research and the Oxford Internet Institute set up a network for social media researchers […]
Can Social Media Spread Good Health?
According to the latest Pew research, nearly three-quarters of U.S. Internet users are looking for health information online, and social media usage […]
Social Media Gets ‘Collaborative’ in the Workplace
Reports have shown that the use of Twitter, Facebook, and blogging by the nation’s largest companies surged last year, but social media […]
Web 2.0: Anarchy or Revolution?
With the exponential expansion even over the last few months of Web 2.0 it is important for social scientists to get a grip on the wide-reaching implications of these developments.
3 Ways to Increase Your Published Article’s Visibility Online
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on SAGE Connection. As the academic and business worlds increasingly move online, researchers, practitioners and […]
Want to Spread Your Message on Facebook?
Editor’s note: We are pleased to welcome Linchi Kwok, assistant professor of Hospitality Management in the David B. Falk College of Sport […]
How Much Autonomy Do You Have as a Post-Doc
Considering the relationship between researcher and institution – maybe the disclaimer isn’t enough.
A Sociologist’s Adventures in Social Media Land
Like many academics, I was quite oblivious to the virtues of using digital social media for professional purposes for rather a long time. Then one day earlier this year the scales fell from my eyes.
