Hello, everyone! I have a new paper out today in Fisheries. It's all about the benefits of social media tools for experts who want to engage in public education and outreach. While the focus on fisheries science and management, the principles described apply to any discipline in science.
The paper also includes a for-true-beginners guide to getting started using twitter, Facebook (groups and pages,) and blogs. It highlights examples of scientists, journals, agencies, non-profits, and universities that do a good job using these tools. The paper can be found here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fsh.10031 If anyone is already *on* twitter, I have a thread highlighting examples from the paper starting here: https://twitter.com/WhySharksMatter/status/986271587203670016 Please share with interested colleagues. .PDF available upon request if you do not have access to Fisheries. I'm always happy to answer any questions. Sincerely, -- *David Shiffman, Ph.D. * Marine Conservation Biologist and Science Writer Liber Ero Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C. *e: *[email protected] | *t: *@WhySharksMatter <http://twitter.com/#!/WhySharksMatter> | *b: *Southern Fried Science Blog <http://www.southernfriedscience.com/> | *cv:* *Online CV <http://DavidShiffmanCV.com>*
