Social media use is sporadic among researchers

By Marie Lambert-Chan. Montreal conference assesses science’s presence on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks.
Blogging, tweeting and posting photos on Instagram do not come naturally to researchers, who are more comfortable communicating the results of their labours in scientific journals, seminars, conferences and traditional media.
This insight emerged from the presentation “#Science in #Social Media: Love it, or : ) 404 Error?” at the 82nd Conference of the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) held this year in Montreal. More...