Cognitive Capital of Click Farm Workers
How do we better support “click farm” workers of the online economy?
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Turning Social Science Into a Business
I was featured on the University College London Researchers about my time running my consultancy. Read more below about my career transition and how I use social science when working with not-for-profit organisations and businesses.
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Find Your Professional Voice on Twitter
Many small to medium businesses haven’t stopped to plan their social media plan before they launch on Twitter. While they see it’s important to have an online presence, the typical mistakes they make all revolve around the fact that they don’t have a professional communication strategy.
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Social Inhibition on Facebook
An international study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology finds that Facebook users are largely unwilling to recommend brands and products via Facebook because they fear how this might look to their broader circle such as work colleagues.
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Being a Black Woman and Public Social Scientist
Dr Robin Nelson is a biological anthropologist and a wonderful public scientist. Speaking with NPR, she reflects on why it’s important for her to share her academic training to talk about women’s issues on Twitter.
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Privacy and Use of Social Media Photos
Privacy advocacy groups are raising issues about third party apps getting access to your social media photos.
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Bling on Phones and Identity
A study published in Media Psychology shows that Korean people tend to be more motivated to change the look and sound of their mobile phones than people in the USA.
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Race and Identity
This is a summary of my recent social media writing about race and identity in Australia and the USA. This included my live tweets during the Sydney hostage siege as well as the Ferguson and the #BlackLivesMatter anti-police violence protests following the death of Eric Garner.
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Social Media and “The Liquid Self”
Sociologist Nathan Jurgenson argues that social media should be fluid, rather than having users choose which parts of themselves to permanently put on display.
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Social Media Tip: Changing Your WordPress Username
Given that I’ve been asked about this more than once, let’s look at the purpose of a WordPress username and how to update it.
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