From hermits to celebrities - how social media is reshaping academic hierarchies and what we can do about it

Carrigan, Mark (2019) From hermits to celebrities - how social media is reshaping academic hierarchies and what we can do about it. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (16 Dec 2019). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

By adopting social media in increasing numbers, academics have also bought into the dynamics of social media celebrity. In this post Mark Carrigan reflects on the impact of the attention economy on academia and how attention is often unfairly concentrated on a small number of individuals. Taking this into account, he argues that well edited multi-author outlets can play an important role in distributing online attention in a more equitable fashion.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Author
Divisions:	Public Policy Group
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2020 15:51
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:23
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/103409

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