SIS Seminar Series: Connected Scholars: Examining the Role of Social Media in Research Practices of Social Science Faculty. Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd

Social media sites are fast becoming an important and integral part of the academic life. However, there is little data on why and how scholars are using them.

This presentation will report on the results of our ongoing study on how academics are using these new sites for communication and information dissemination. We also examine how faculty themselves view the role that social media might play in the tenure and promotion process at academic institutions.

All are welcome.

Bio

Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd (http://AnatoliyGruzd.com) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Management and Director of the Social Media Lab (http://SocialMediaLab.ca) at the Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University, Canada. His research initiatives explore how social media and other web 2.0 technologies are changing the ways in which people disseminate knowledge and information and how these changes are impacting social, economic and political norms and structures of our modern society. Dr. Gruzd is also actively developing and testing new web tools and apps for discovering and visualizing information and online social networks.