Conveners
Plenary 5: Social Media as a research data resource
- Josh Brown (CERN)
Description
This session explores some of the issues raised by social media for open research, looking at such topics as: Extracting open data from closed systems; preservation and replication of studies based on dynamic data sets; the use of social media as a tool for opening up science; the ethical implications of research using social media data; social media data infiltrating research evaluation and analysis (altmetrics etc.) and the implications for researcher behaviour.
Social media data provide online spaces where people can share their thoughts, opinions and feelings on almost any aspect of life. They may also act as important communication tools in disaster situations to be utilised by the public, and emergency services. However, there are a number of ethical issues around the openness of social media data, and how much of social media data can be accessed...
