Public Sociology in the Digital Era (UPenn)
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Public Sociology in the Digital Era Jessie Daniels, PhD University of Pennsylvania - Sociology Department November 4, 2013
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In this talk I gave at UPenn on Nov.4, I discuss the ways public sociology and higher ed are changing. And, I offer some examples from the JustPublics@365 project for reimagining scholarly communication in the digital era. For more content, down
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Public Sociology in the Digital Era
Jessie Daniels, PhD University of Pennsylvania - Sociology Department
November 4, 2013
Twitter: @JessieNYC
#sociology #HigherEd #PhDchat #altmetrics
@ 365 Fifth Avenue
Twitter: @JustPublics365
www.justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu
public sociology
"Academics are living in a fool's paradise if they
think they can hold on to their ivory tower.
The public is no longer prepared to subsidize
our academic pursuits.
We have to demonstrate our public worth."
~ Michael Burawoy, 2004
legacy academic scholarship
learning from journalism
pre-21st century, analog, closed, removed from the public
sphere, monastic.
“legacy”
This was the only option for publishing.
We typed words & paragraphs on paper.
That technology had some problems.
This was “cut and paste.”
This is where we would go to find & read information.
This is how we looked things up.
Many journals or books not open & accessible.
Measuring “Impact”
How many inches?
expansion of digital technologies
changing scholarship
changing pedagogy
From ‘MOOC’ to ‘POOC’
changing activism
changing the scholar-activist
2004
Unique Visitors (each month): ~ 200,000Total Visitors (since 2007): 2.7 million
Individual Blog Posts: 1,526Comments from readers: 10,409Subscribers: 4,995Authors: 116
publishing is changing
how we measure success
is changing
‘altmetrics’metrics
New Metrics for Measuring Academic Success
“altmetrics”
21st century, digital, open, connected to the public
sphere, worldly.
“digital”
digitallegacy
funding is changing
democracycommerce
MediaCamp Workshops
for Academics, Activists
The POOC: Opening Education
videos open to anyone
readings open to anyone
Knowledge Streams
Data Maps
Data Visualizations
Infographics
Podcast Series
“metrics that matter”
Transactional Transformational
(quantitative, easier to measure)(qualitative, more difficult to
measure)
citations, downloads
collaborations
mentions on SNS, MSM
co-created projects
change to public policy
cultural, social change
Changing Landscape of Higher Ed
2004 ASA Presidential Address
zero mentions of “digital” or “Internet”
Twitter: @JessieNYC
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