Why do you find social media useful as an academic?

@mark_carrigan helps me join a multitude of intellectual dots and weave global threads of thinking and connection

— Trish McCluskey (@trilia) April 12, 2016

@mark_carrigan @readywriting Connections with others, link btwn academic & field outside academia, exchange new work…

— Trish Paton (@trishpaton) April 12, 2016

@mark_carrigan I was isolated both geographically but also intellectually. I found community on Twitter.

— @readywriting on all the socials ALL OF THEM (@readywriting) April 12, 2016

@mark_carrigan @catherinecronin networking, policy updates, find out about new topics, ask for help, links to interesting blogs ..

— Dr Debbie Holley (@DebbieHolley1) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan topic trends, global reach, exposure to & of new research, connection w peers, conference watch, visibility #publicsociology

— Alexia Maddox (@alexiamadd) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan It has the potential to make habitual streams of info that are outside my main academic interests.

— Glen Cochrane (@GlenFCochrane) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan making new connections, often in unexpected areas; finding information I have not even thought of looking for

— Dirk vom Lehn (@dirkvl) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan Learn about new papers on Twitter!

— Mel Bartley (@melb4886) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan I find SM a useful resource in sharing industry news with students. Students use it all time so its vital we do!

— Nicole Pollock (@NicolePollock01) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan @Soc_Imagination #SocialMedia allows for building online constituencies for news, debate, w/ avenues for teaching new publics

— Culture Doctor (@SonjahStanley) April 11, 2016

Acute sense of current discourses in the field of #edtech & #highered + a critical personal sense of location https://t.co/N6ujCZix7y

— Paul Prinsloo (@14prinsp) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan keeps you connected when most of what you do – writing – is lonely and painful!

— Judie Gannon #FBPE (@doctorjudieg) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan 1. Meeting people, 2. Making gifs at/of conferences makes them 200% more fun, 3. Can express my ideas through emojis 💁📲👌

— Ash Watson (@awtsn) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan @GrahamScambler I become aware of recently published work from a very few valued people. See who I follow.

— Dennis Raphael (@DennisRaphael01) April 11, 2016

@mark_carrigan Keep in touch with colleagues. Find out about new papers/journal issues. Discuss with others.

— Dr. Anne “kiddo” Tierney 🇪🇺🕯 (@goze01) April 11, 2016