{"id":2966,"date":"2019-05-27T00:02:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T21:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2019-05-26T18:47:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T15:47:36","slug":"the-word-of-the-week-is-researcher-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/the-word-of-the-week-is-researcher-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The word of the week is <i>researcher list<\/i>."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0a<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>seminar, some non-fiction writers offered skeptical views on the suitability of social media for researchers. I decided to compile a list of researchers who are actively using Twitter in their work. I asked for help on Twitter, which led to a flood of tweets. In fact, it took a couple of days to sort through all the responses. Twitter once again<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>turned out to be a useful tool.<\/p>\n<p>As I create my list,\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0also\u00a0collecting\u00a0comments on\u00a0the\u00a0advantages and disadvantages of using Twitter in research work.<\/p>\n<p>Pros<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Latest science news<\/li>\n<li>Leads for articles<\/li>\n<li>Real-time discussions about research<\/li>\n<li>International networks<\/li>\n<li>Communication between researchers<\/li>\n<li>Collaborative creation of new knowledge<\/li>\n<li>New perspectives<\/li>\n<li>Popularization<\/li>\n<li>Media attention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cons<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter can take time from research.<\/li>\n<li>The information is fragmented.<\/li>\n<li>The format hinders reasoned argument.<\/li>\n<li>Results are broadcast when only half-finished.<\/li>\n<li>Discussions are too multifaceted.<\/li>\n<li>Trolling and hate speech spoil conversations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kielipoliisi\/lists\/tutkijat\/members?lang=fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">list\u00a0<\/a>so far<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>consists of 200 Finnish researchers. You can pick it up as a whole, or search for a suitable contact in the list. Thanks to all commentators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0a\u00a0seminar, some non-fiction writers offered skeptical views on the suitability of social media for researchers. I decided to compile a list of researchers who are actively using Twitter in their work. I asked for help on Twitter, which led to a flood of tweets. In fact, it took a couple of days to sort through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-english-en","7":"category-wordoftheweek-en","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2968,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}