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Social media and communication by scientists: M. S. Swaminathan on Twitter

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10675/
http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/114/09/1840.pdf
10.18520/cs/v114/i09/1840-1845
 
Title Social media and communication by scientists:
M. S. Swaminathan on Twitter
 
Creator Jayashree, B.
 
Subject Agriculture
ICT
 
Description Scientists use popular media to share views or facilitate greater understanding of their work. Social
media also offers scientists the opportunity to build public opinion. Hailed as one of three most
influential Indians of the 20th century by Time Magazine1, renowned agriculture scientist M. S.
Swaminathan has written prolifically in scientific and mainstream media. From March 2015, for a
period of one year, his use of social media platform Twitter is being taken up as a case study of
social media communication by scientists. This article analyses themes articulated by a scientist on
social media and finds that this provides an entry for discussions on science and development.
Through this study, it is suggested that scientists, especially in India, can intervene more actively,
for greater authenticity, accuracy and understanding among social media users on scientific subjects.
 
Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10675/1/Current%20Science%20Social%20Media%20paper.pdf
Jayashree, B. (2018) Social media and communication by scientists: M. S. Swaminathan on Twitter. Current Science (TSI), 114 (9). pp. 1-6. ISSN 0011-3891