“On Social Media Science Seems to Be More Human”: Exploring Researchers as Digital Science Communicators

Gap between science and media revisited: scientists as public communicators.

The present article presents an up-to-date account of the current media relations of scientists, based on a comprehensive analysis of relevant surveys. The evidence suggests that most scientists consider visibility in the media important and responding to journalists a professional duty--an attitude that is reinforced by universities and other science organizations. Scientific communities conti...

Towards More Reliance on Social Science.

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Demography as social science and policy science

Social Media, Open Science, and Data Science Are Inextricably Linked

Should scientists use social media? Why practice open science? What is data science? Ten years ago, these phrases hardly existed. Now they are ubiquitous. Here I argue that these phenomena are inextricably linked and reflect similar underlying social and technological transformations.

social network analyses of information science researchers co-authorship

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