An Interview with Anne Alexander for the Social Scholar
The next FREE public lunchtime seminar session of the Social Scholar will be taking place in two days’ time (Wednesday 4th December, 1pm-2pm). For full details check out our previous blog post here...
View ArticleThe ethics of Social Media publishing: a brief introduction for researchers
In December 2013 the Social Scholar looked into issues of ethics in regards to social media publishing. Anne Alexander (Cambridge) explored the dangers of ‘publishing’ online and suggested advice to...
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Social Scholar: Museums and social media
In general, Museums have taken to social media with the ultimate goal to engage the public with their objects and collections. The purpose is foot-fall; the more people that walk through the doors of...
View ArticleAcademic guide to social media and blogging
On Wednesday 9 April 2014 we will be holding our next Social Scholar seminar (in room 243, Senate House). This week we will be looking at the Guardian newspapers’ Higher Education Network through the...
View ArticleSocial Media and The Guardian’s Higher Education Network
Over the last few years The Guardian newspaper’s Higher Education Network has become increasingly successful and popular. In the April session of the Social Scholar content coordinator, Claire Shaw...
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The Social Scholar interviews Dot Fallon and Abhay Adhikari
Next week (18 June 2014) the Social Scholar is back with a case study seminar focused on the AHRC Science in Culture Theme. Using this theme as a casestudy, Dot Fallon and Abhay Adhikari will explore...
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The next Social Scholar: Creating impact: Using social networks to build...
The final Social Scholar seminar this term will focus on a project based at the School of Advanced Study which has placed social media as a central part of the project. The event will take place in...
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We the Humanities: The Benefits and drawbacks of the Social Scholar (3...
The second Social Scholar seminar of the term takes place on Wednesday 3 December 2014, 1pm-2pm, in room 243 (Senate House). This week our focus will be on Twitter, and in particular on a unique idea...
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An Introduction to using Twitter (#socialscholar – 20 May 2015)
The final Social Scholar seminar this academic year focuses on Twitter, and in particular offers an introduction for anyone who has had only limited experience or feels that they only have a basic...
View ArticleSocial Scholar seminar: TV, Twitter and history ‘on the hashtag’
Live Twitter commentary and Q&As – both official and unofficial – have become a feature of historical TV programming. What opportunities can this format offer academics? How does it break down...
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