Sage-Tips

Is Twitter good for research?

Most academics don’t need to be told that the research process ends with publication; it’s important to get the word out there and Twitter is excellent for this. Use Twitter to showcase your published work: link to the whole work or to a summary if not on the open web.

How do you do Twitter research?

6 Ways to Use Twitter as a Research Tool

1. Run Polls. Polls and surveys are an excellent way to get unique insights and a better idea of specific trends.
2. Carry Out Interviews Via Your DMs.
3. Search With Hashtags.
4. Go Through Old Content.
5. Turn Account Notifications On.
6. Social Listening.

How do you research trends on Twitter?

Can I see Trends for a specific location?

1. In the top menu, tap your profile icon.
2. Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Content preferences.
3. Under Explore, tap Trends.
4. Drag the slider next to Trends for you to turn on and receive personalized trends.

Who uses Twitter for scholarly-related research?

This study surveyed 1,912 users that have tweeted journal articles to ask about their scholarly-related Twitter uses. Almost half of the respondents (45\%) did not work in academia, despite the sample probably being biased towards academics. Twitter was used most by people with a social science or humanities background.

Who tweets academic papers on Twitter?

Although counts of tweets citing academic papers are used as an informal indicator of interest, little is known about who tweets academic papers and who uses Twitter to find scholarly information. Without knowing this, it is difficult to draw useful conclusions from a publication being frequently tweeted.

What are the limitations of using Twitter for research?

However,Twitter research has limitations, and missteps often occur. Issues involve data access restrictions, user sampling and ltering, as well as legal and ethical concerns. Developing guidelines around these recurring problems as a community would help us better standardize and improve the quality of our work.

Can Twitter make a difference to research?

‘Moving to a world beyond “p < 0.05’, published in the The American Statistician is an example of one article for which using Twitter made a difference… The Altmetric data available on Taylor & Francis Online enables you to see the attention your article is getting including whose talking about your research on social media.