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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 Radford
The 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 World

Editors

T Le & Q Le

Pagination

243-254

ISBN

978-1-62618-651-4

Department/School

Tasmanian School of Medicine

Publisher

Nova Science Publishers

Place of publication

New York

Extent

30

Rights statement

COpyright 2013 Nova Science Publishers

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Learner and learning not elsewhere classified

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