Re-published with permission from the PCST network. Author: Ki-Youn Kim, Community Development Coordinator at the Chemical Institute of Canada
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If you’d like to follow more people on Twitter, the list below is a great place to start!
- @alieward
- @Constababble
- @FromTheLabBench
- @iamscicomm
- @IAmSciArt
- @JohnCook
- @KHayhoe
- @SarahMackAttack
- @scicomm_jc
Hashtags you should follow in #SciComm Twitter will vary depending on what community you overlap with. To get you started, here are some of the most popular ones:
- #AcademicTwitter / #AcademicChatter
- #DataViz
- #InclusiveSciComm
- #Outreach
- #PhDChat / #PhDLife
- #SciComm
- #Science
(Remember to capitalize the first letter in each word. It makes it more accessible and easier to read.)
References
- Berger, J., & Milkman, K. L. (2012). What Makes Online Content Viral? Journal of Marketing Research, 49(2), 192–205. doi: https://doi.org/10.1509/jmr.10.0353
- Berger, J., & Milkman, K. L. (2013). Emotion and Virality: What Makes Online Content Go Viral?, Marketing Intelligence Review, 5(1), 18-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/gfkmir-2014-0022
- Fridays For Future. Retrieved from https://www.fridaysforfuture.org/
- Coleman, N. (2019, August 5). Neil deGrasse Tyson’s tweet on mass shooting deaths strikes a nerve, The New York Times, Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/arts/neil-degrasse-tyson-el-paso.html
- Mole, B. M. (2013, January 10). Overly Honest Methods: A trending hashtag on Twitter lets researchers reveal the lighter side of scientific methodology, The Scientist, Retrieved from https://www.the-scientist.com/the-nutshell/overly-honest-methods-39948
- O’Neil, L. (2019, May 14). ‘The planet is on fire’: Bill Nye drive to F-bomb rant by climate change. The Guardian, Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/13/the-planet-is-on-fucking-fire-bill-nye-is-getting-angry-about-climate-change
