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Developing a new literacy: using social media to support research
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posted on 2023-05-22, 13:54 authored by Fabian, D, Si FanSi Fan, Janette RadfordJanette RadfordThe significant growth of web-based technologies in recent years has opened new opportunities to incorporate these technologies within the research process. Traditional research techniques do not meet the challenges of some research projects, especially in satisfying the demand for up-to-date literature, collaboration and resource sharing. To address this demand, social media is increasingly being used as a tool to enhance research. Not-with-standing a need for identifying, examining and overcoming particular obstacles, evidence gathered during our work reveals potential for social media to support a research endeavour. With reference to a recent study this chapter hopes to provoke thought on meeting the challenges of contemporary research, provide some strategies to develop social media literacy, and contribute to an ongoing conversation about discovering and harnessing the benefits that social media can bring to the research process.
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Publication title
Conducting Research in a Changing and Challenging WorldEditors
T Le & Q LePagination
243-254ISBN
978-1-62618-651-4Department/School
Tasmanian School of MedicinePublisher
Nova Science PublishersPlace of publication
New YorkExtent
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