Academic's Guide to Social Media

Kelly-Ann Allen, PhD, FAPS, is an associate professor and Educational and Developmental Psychologist in the School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University and an Honorary Principal Fellow at the Centre for Wellbeing Science, University of Melbourne.Shane R. Jimerson, PhD, NCSP, is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology.Daniel S. Quintana, PhD, is a psychological scientist at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Centre of Expertise for Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Hypersomnias at Oslo University Hospital.Lara McKinley is an award-winning content producer and social media manager at the Faculty of Education, Monash University.

• Part I. Getting Started 1. Social Media use in the academy: The positives and pitfalls 2. Choosing your social media platform 3. The Twitter rule book Part II. Social media content and engagement prompts for busy academics 4. 365 social media content and engagement prompts: #SocialAcademics Part III. Taking a deeper dive 5. Maintaining a social media presence 6. Controlling the trolls and other online misadventures 7. Ethical standards for social media use by academics 8. The future is bright for academics 9. Frequently asked questions about social media use in academia 10. The final word on using social media successfully