Twitter, academics, and the public
Alex Reid,
Digital Digs,
Oct 02, 2012
Alex Reid points to a blog post authored by Kathleen Fitzpatrick "offering advice to junior faculty about using blogs, twitter, and related social media." It's generally good advice, but he keys in on one point: "5. If somebody says they'd prefer not to be tweeted or blogged, respect that." Reid replies, "if you have accepted an invitation to present at a conference or to a department then you have agreed to present your work in a public forum." He points out that journalists reporting on the talks don't ask permission, nor should they have to. I don't know where people have gotten the idea that these conferences are closed private events (probably from publishers) but this perception is wrong. If you speak in public, and if you say anything interesting, expect to be tweeted.
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