Science communication resources

Social Media 

• Twitter, http://​www​.twit​ter​.com

• Facebook, http://​www​.face​book​.com

• Tumblr, http://​www​.tumblr​.com

• Google+, http://​plus​.google​.com

• Scoop​.it, http://​www​.scoop​.it/

• Pinterest, http://​pin​terest​.com/

• LinkedIn, http://​www​.linkedin​.com/

• ResearchGate, http://​www​.researchg​ate​.net/

• WordPress, http://​word​press​.com/

 

Social Media in Higher Education

• A gentle intro­duc­tion to Twitter for the appre­hens­ive aca­demic, http://​deevy​bee​.blog​spot​.com/​2​0​1​1​/​0​6​/​g​e​n​t​l​e​-​i​n​t​r​o​d​u​c​t​i​o​n​-​t​o​-​t​w​i​t​t​e​r​-​f​o​r​.​h​tml

• Vitae Guide to Twitter, http://​www​.vitae​.ac​.uk/​C​M​S​/​f​i​l​e​s​/​u​p​l​o​a​d​/​G​u​i​d​e​-​t​o​-​T​w​i​t​t​e​r​-​F​e​b​r​u​a​r​y​-​2​0​1​2​.​pdf

• Social Media — a guide for research­ers, http://​www​.rin​.ac​.uk/​o​u​r​-​w​o​r​k​/​c​o​m​m​u​n​i​c​a​t​i​n​g​-​a​n​d​-​d​i​s​s​e​m​i​n​a​t​i​n​g​-​r​e​s​e​a​r​c​h​/​s​o​c​i​a​l​-​m​e​d​i​a​-​g​u​i​d​e​-​r​e​s​e​a​r​c​h​ers

 

General help sites

• Learn WordPress, http://​learn​.word​press​.com/

• http://​momthis​ishowtwit​ter​works​.com/

• http://​blogs​.nature​.com/​s​o​a​p​b​o​x​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​/​2​0​1​2​/​0​6​/​0​7​/​r​e​a​c​h​i​n​g​-​o​u​t​-​s​o​-​y​o​u​-​w​a​n​t​-​t​o​-​c​o​m​m​u​n​i​c​a​t​e​-​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​-​o​n​l​i​n​e​-​t​h​e​-​f​l​o​w​c​h​art

• Twitter — a guide to the law. http://​www​.bbc​.co​.uk/​n​e​w​s​/​m​a​g​a​z​i​n​e​-​2​0​7​8​2​257

 

Blog Communities and group blogs

• Science, http://​blogs​.sci​encemag​.org/

• Nature Blogs, http://​blogs​.nature​.com/

• Scientific American, http://​www​.sci​en​ti​ficamer​ican​.com/

• Science Oxford Online, http://​www​.sci​enceox​for​don​line​.com/

• SciBox, British Science Association Oxford http://​www​.oxford​scibar​.com/​s​c​i​b​o​x​.​h​tml

• Annals of Botany Blog, http://​aobblog​.com/

 

Analysing your online impact

• Google Analytics, http://​www​.google​.com/​a​n​a​l​y​t​i​cs/

• Peer Index, http://​www​.peer​in​dex​.com/

• Klout, http://​klout​.com/

• Kred, http://​kred​.com/

• Topsy, real-​​time search for the social web, http://​topsy​.com/

• Socialbro or Crowdbooster (not free).

 

Science Communication Journals

• “People and Science”, British Science Association, http://​www​.brit​ish​s​cien​ce​as​so​ci​ation​.org/​p​e​o​p​l​e​-​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​-​m​a​g​a​z​i​n​e​/​a​b​o​u​t​-​p​e​o​p​l​e​-​s​c​i​e​nce

• BBC Focus, http://​sci​ence​fo​cus​.com/

 

Newspapers and journ­als with edit­or­ial content

• Science, http://​www​.sci​encemag​.org/

• Nature, http://​www​.nature​.com/

• Times Higher Education, http://​www​.timeshighere​du​ca​tion​.co​.uk/

• Guardian Higher Education Network, http://​www​.guard​ian​.co​.uk/​h​i​g​h​e​r​-​e​d​u​c​a​t​i​o​n​-​n​e​t​w​ork

• Lab Times, http://​www​.lab​times​.org/

• Guru Magazine, http://​guru​magazine​.org/

     

General Science Communication Resources

• http://​www​.pub​li​cen​gage​ment​.ac​.uk/

• PSI-​​COM mail­ing list, https://​www​.jis​c​mail​.ac​.uk/​c​g​i​-​b​i​n​/​w​e​b​a​d​m​i​n​?​A​0​=​p​s​c​i​-​com

• British Interactive Group (BIG), http://​www​.big​.uk​.com/

• SAW (Science, Art and Writing) Trust, http://​www​.sawtrust​.org/

Storytelling

• Three tips for sharing science with any audience, http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2014/06/23/three-tips-sharing-science-audience/.
• The tensions of scientific storytelling, http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-tensions-of-scientific-storytelling
• Telling science stories…wait, what’s a ‘story’?, http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/httpblogsscientificamericancoma-blog-around-the-clock20110713telling-science-stories-wait-whats-a-story/
• Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences, http://www.pnas.org/content/111/Supplement_4/13614.full 

 

Writing Resources

• Careers in Science Writing, Editing, PR and Broadcasting, Science, http://​blogs​.sci​encemag​.org/​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​c​a​r​e​e​r​s​/​2​0​0​9​/​0​2​/​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​-​w​r​i​t​i​n​g​.​h​tml

• National Association of Science Writers, http://​www​.nasw​.org/

• Online Course in Science Journalism, http://​www​.wfsj​.org/​c​o​u​r​s​e​/​en/

• “A Manifesto for the Simple Scribe”, http://​www​.guard​ian​.co​.uk/​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​/​b​l​o​g​/​2​0​1​1​/​j​a​n​/​1​9​/​m​a​n​i​f​e​s​t​o​-​s​i​m​p​l​e​-​s​c​r​i​b​e​-​c​o​m​m​a​n​d​m​e​n​t​s​-​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​i​sts

• “How to write about your sci­ence”, http://​www​.scidev​.net/​e​n​/​p​r​a​c​t​i​c​a​l​-​g​u​i​d​e​s​/​h​o​w​-​t​o​-​w​r​i​t​e​-​a​b​o​u​t​-​y​o​u​r​-​s​c​i​e​n​c​e​.​h​tml

• ‘How I write about sci­ence’ http://​wellcometrust​.word​press​.com/​c​a​t​e​g​o​r​y​/​s​e​r​i​e​s​/​h​o​w​-​i​-​w​r​i​t​e​-​a​b​o​u​t​-​s​c​i​e​n​ce/