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Scienceblogging Roundup: July 3-9
Jul 9th
While we post lengthy discussions here on Science of Blogging, there are many research updates, news stories, videos, etc. related to science communication that we come across on a daily basis that never grace the pages of the blog. Most of these mini-stories we share with our followers on Twitter, and we encourage those of you with active Twitter accounts to communicate with us there to get real-time updates of all the stuff we are discussing (Follow Peter and/or Follow Travis). For those of you who shy away from Twitter, enjoy below the best mini-stories that we came across during the prior week along with links to the original source so that you can follow the full story.
- The effects of churnalism on healthcare news and the public (PLoS Guest Blog)
- At a recent conference Rebecca Watson was propositioned in an elevator. She told people, and all hell broke loose. John Rennie examines the inhuman treatment Rebecca Watson has received this week, and makes the obvious but excellent point that it is wrong to make people pointlessly uncomfortable (Gleaming Retort)
- Researchers at Johns Hopkins claim they can track public health trends using twitter (Johns Hopkins University)
- Is it beneficial for obesity researchers to build trust with industry? (Obesity Panacea)
- Scientific American has unveiled their new blog network, which has an absolutely amazing lineup (including the only lineup of the major science blogging networks that is more than 50% female). Congrats to former Scibling and Plogster Bora Zivkovic for assembling such a terrific crew, and to all of the bloggers who have joined the network! (Scientific American)
Those are the posts that caught our eye this week. Have a great weekend!
Travis
Scienceblogging Roundup: May 15-21
May 21st
While we post lengthy discussions here on Science of Blogging, there are many research updates, news stories, videos, etc. related to science communication that we come across on a daily basis that never grace the pages of the blog. Most of these mini-stories we share with our followers on Twitter, and we encourage those of you with active Twitter accounts to communicate with us there to get real-time updates of all the stuff we are discussing (Follow Peter and/or Follow Travis). For those of you who shy away from Twitter, enjoy below the best mini-stories that we came across during the prior week along with links to the original source so that you can follow the full story.
- How to email busy people (humbledMBA)
- Social Media: Friend or For? (Mobilize This!)
- The history of objectivity in journalism (Slate)
- The public wants more science journalism (From the Lab Bench)
- David Shiffman and other attendees at the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC2) are doing an amazing job of live-tweeting their conference experiences. Check out the#IMCC2 hashtag to see how the conference is being shared in real-time (thanks to Jason Goldman for sending it our way).
Those are the posts that caught our eye this week. Enjoy the long weekend!
Travis
Scienceblogging Roundup - March 20-26
Mar 27th
While we post lengthy discussions here on Science of Blogging, there are many research updates, news stories, videos, etc. related to science communication that we come across on a daily basis that never grace the pages of the blog. Most of these mini-stories we share with our followers on Twitter, and we encourage those of you with active Twitter accounts to communicate with us there to get real-time updates of all the stuff we are discussing (Follow Peter and/or Follow Travis). For those of you who shy away from Twitter, enjoy below the best mini-stories that we came across during the prior week along with links to the original source so that you can follow the full story.
- The story behind Jonathan Eisen’s new PLoSONE paper <== A terrific example of how blogs can be used to provide supplemental information on a paper, as well as performing science communication and answering questions from both the media and from the general public, in a way that press releases just cannot. This blog post perfectly illustrates why scientists who are serious about science communication should be blogging (Phylogenomics)
- What is the most common negative social-networking experience? Spurned friend requests. (Thoughts of a Neo-Academic)
- What is your blogging style? (Skepticemia)
- Want to blog but can’t get up the courage to put yourself out there? Problogger has some great tips on ways to get over blogger fright (Problogger)
- Want to recruit top talent to your organization with your online job ad? Then make sure that your website combats industry stereotypes (Thoughts of a Neo-Academic)
- Open Lab 2010 is now up for sale! <== Open Lab is an annual anthology of the the best science blogging on the web. If you’re looking for ways to communicate science online more effectively, the posts in this book are a great starting point (A Blog Around The Clock)
- What is healthy? Learning through blogging. <== Penny Deck looks at how a class blog has helped her undergraduate students learn and improve their critical thinking skills (Feedback Solutions for Obesity)
- Finally, kudos to everyone who has started weekend roundups of their own! So far I have seen roundups from Nutritional Blogma, Feedback Solutions for Obesity, Voyages Around My Camera and Weight Maven, and have come across a few interesting links as a result - so they’re working! Let me know if I’ve missed any. If you’re considering starting a roundup of your own, check out my post from earlier this year explaining why roundup posts are an easy way to help your readers and grow your blog.
Those are the posts that caught our eye this week! I should mention that I found many of today’s articles through Researchblogging.org, which I have outlined previously here (and which I can’t recommend highly enough). Have a great weekend!
Travis
Scienceblogging Roundup - March 6-12
Mar 13th
While we post lengthy discussions here on Science of Blogging, there are many research updates, news stories, videos, etc. related to science communication that we come across on a daily basis that never grace the pages of the blog. Most of these mini-stories we share with our followers on Twitter, and we encourage those of you with active Twitter accounts to communicate with us there to get real-time updates of all the stuff we are discussing (Follow Peter and/or Follow Travis). For those of you who shy away from Twitter, enjoy below the best mini-stories that we came across during the prior week along with links to the original source so that you can follow the full story.
- Arsenic DNA author dumps peer review, gives a presentation at TED (Neuron Culture)
- Could Tumblr be the ideal way to spread scientific info online? (It’s Okay to Be Smart)
- What is worth more money - a share on Twitter or Facebook? (Social Media Today)
- The trouble with bibliographies (Gobbledygook)
- Culture clash: journalism’s ideology vs blog culture (Online Journalism Blog)
- Preventing obesity in 2011 <- not explicitly related to the science of blogging, but includes an example of a Slideshare presentation, which is a great way to turn lectures into online webinars (Obesity Panacea)
Those are the posts that caught our eye this week. Have a great weekend!
Travis
Weekend Roundups - An Easy Way to Help Your Readers
Feb 26th
For the past year on Obesity Panacea, Peter and I have been doing a weekend post linking to articles and blog posts that we think might be of interest to our readers. We didn’t come up with this idea ourselves - in fact we quite happily copied it from Darya Pino (Summer Tomato) and Yoni Freedhoff (Weighty Matters) among others. We aren’t able to post one every weekend, but we try to do one whenever we have time.
Making this type of weekly roundup post is easy - we typically just look back over our tweets from the past week and/or the interesting links we’ve forwarded on to colleagues, and then arrange them into a list. If we didn’t spend much time online in the past week, we will quickly visit popular blogs in our area, or see if there have been any useful posts on Researchblogging.org. Whereas a typical post on peer reviewed research can take up to a few hours, a roundup post rarely takes more than a few minutes. And yet, I wouldn’t be surprised if roundup posts were among the most useful for any blog. Why? Roundup posts perform two key functions:
1. Weekly roundups provide extremely useful content to your readers More >
