Using Social Media Metrics to Identify Science Communicators in Canada
As part of a project mapping the new landscape of science communication in Canada,we recognize that social media has allowed non-traditional science communicators to participate as content producers.Yet their practices are not visible to the mainstream science communication community because these social media communicators build networks independently of professional member associations.This project identifies and maps science communicators on Instagram, Twitter, and blogs in Canada using data gathered for creating social media scholarly metrics (Altmetrics) and from social media platforms directly (with the help of the Netlytic tool).Using a combination of automated methods (querying the database of Altmetric LLC and application programming interface of Instagram) and manual searches, we identified hashtags,keywords and users, and then filtered them to those who were geolocated in Canada.We identified 56 science communicators on Instagram,196 on Twitter and 60 bloggers.Our findings show a rich picture of activity on social media within Canada, mainly in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.Identifying these accounts is a first step towards documenting the innovative practices of these communicators so that associations such as the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) and the Association des communicateurs scientifique du Québec (ACS) can provide better professional support and improve policies related to science communication practices.
Germana Barata Michelle Riedlinger Alexandre Schiele Juan Pablo Alperin
Laboratory of Advanced Studies in Journalism, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazi Communication Dept., University of the Fraser Valley, UFV, City, Canada UQAM East Asia Observatory, Université du Québec au Montréal, UQAM, Montreal, Canada School of Publishing, Simon Fraser University, SFU, Vancouver, Canada
国际会议
北京
英文
62-66
2018-01-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）