{"id":16912,"date":"2025-03-21T13:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/?page_id=16912"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:31:09","slug":"challenge-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/advancement\/training\/research-impact-challenge\/challenge-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Impact Challenge 4: Social Media Audit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to Challenge 4 of WSU\u2019s Research Impact Challenge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In previous challenges, you registered your ORCiD, claimed your Google Scholar Profile, and learned about WSU\u2019s digital repository, Research Exchange. You\u2019ve probably noticed how scholarly identities proliferate across many websites, applications, and profiles, which can easily become overwhelming!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s challenge asks you to reflect on your use of social media, to consider how these tools pertain (or don\u2019t!) to your professional\/scholarly identity, and to make some thoughtful decisions about where to focus your time and effort in the coming year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inventory your social media platforms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Use the <strong>Social Media Inventory Worksheet <\/strong>to inventory\u00a0the social media platforms you use.\u00a0 If you have a profile\/account associated with a particular platform make note of your username, whether your profile\/account is associated with your WSU email address, whether your scholarly identity is connected to the platform, networking, etc., whether or not you have reviewed your privacy settings recently and, finally, reflect on whether or not you like the platform.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you have completed the table, take some time to reflect on the questions at the bottom of the audit, and sketch out your priorities for this year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-research\/uploads\/sites\/3481\/2025\/03\/Challenge-04-_Social-Media-Inventory.docx\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"wsu-icon wsu-i-download\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n\t\tDownload Social Media Inventory Worksheet\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Remember!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>There are no right or wrong answers in this exercise! The audit is not a to-do list, and the goal of this activity is not to encourage you to create a presence on all of these sites. Rather, <strong>today\u2019s goal is to take stock of where you already are, and to spend some time thinking carefully about where you want to focus your attention and efforts going forward<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social media use may be more practical and useful in some disciplines than others. It can enable powerful connections with new colleagues and provide a platform to communicate about your work to the world. At the same time, there are risks, including&nbsp;harassment, abuse, even job security. People of color, women, members of the&nbsp;LGBTQ&nbsp;community, contingent faculty, people working on controversial scholarship, and other vulnerable groups are disproportionately likely to be exposed to these.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The decision to engage on social media is always a personal as well as a professional one, and the stakes are not the same for everyone. Only you can decide the most meaningful and productive ways to engage with these tools for yourself. Be sure to keep self-care\u2014and care for your colleagues\u2014in mind as you decide where to put your time and energy and how to share your work with the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What next?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Make some decisions for yourself about where you want to invest time and energy in your scholarly identity on social media this year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some advice from others who have been there:\n<ul>\n<li>Froelich, Heather, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/hfroehli.ch\/2017\/10\/20\/how-i-use-twitter-as-an-academic\/\">How I use Twitter as an Academic<\/a>,&#8221; 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ready to talk about your scholarship online? Take a look at these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/figshare.com\/articles\/Tips_Tricks_Promoting_your_research_online\/5271979\">Tips and Tricks from Altmetric<\/a>\u00a0(also a sneak preview at alternative metrics, which we&#8217;ll dig into in the second half of challenges).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are you experiencing harassment or abuse on social media? Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crashoverridenetwork.com\/\">Crash Override Network<\/a>\u00a0for resources and support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How well do you understand the rights that you\u2019ve granted to the sites, platforms, and apps that you use? Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tosdr.org\/\">Terms of Service; Didn\u2019t Read<\/a>, a tool created by a \u201cuser rights initiative\u201d that evaluates Terms of Services and assigns them grades based on how organizations describe their use of data, privacy policy, and tracking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you understand <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/executive-policy-manual\/ep04\/\">WSU\u2019s social media policy<\/a>, which governs employees\u2019 use of social media on the job.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/socialmedia.wsu.edu\/\">Social Media at WSU<\/a>\u00a0for information about best practices when using and interacting with social media platforms.\n<ul>\n<li>See also:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/news-social-media\/\">Social Media &#8211; CAHNRS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/communications\/social-media-2\/\">Social Media &#8211; WSU Spokane<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nursing.wsu.edu\/student-policies-procedures\/social-media-policy\/#:~:text=2\/28\/2022)-,General%20Guidelines,-Maintain%20Confidentiality%0ADo\">Social Media General Guidelines \u2013 College of Nursing<\/a>: geared to students but appropriate for all who engage with social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparing for the next challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! 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