Comments on: Why Grad Students Should Blog http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/26/why-grad-students-should-blog/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blogs I Read: Daniel Lemire’s Blog | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/26/why-grad-students-should-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Blogs I Read: Daniel Lemire’s Blog | The Noisy Channel Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:01:43 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=677#comment-622 [...] RSS   ← Why Grad Students Should Blog [...] [...] RSS   ← Why Grad Students Should Blog [...]

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/26/why-grad-students-should-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Daniel Tunkelang Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:21:35 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=677#comment-621 Absolutely! I'm still stewing over a reaction from someone I respect deeply telling me that, until the tenure process takes blogging into account, it is dangerous for his students to blog, lest they get scooped. I understand where he's coming from, but I think the benefits of broad exposure outweigh the risks of being scooped in the peer-reviewed venues. I agree that this model applies broadly--both to other social media and outside academia. But I think academia is one of the strongest hold-outs against this use of social media, precisely because of the traditional role of peer-reviewed publication in defining a research career. Absolutely! I’m still stewing over a reaction from someone I respect deeply telling me that, until the tenure process takes blogging into account, it is dangerous for his students to blog, lest they get scooped. I understand where he’s coming from, but I think the benefits of broad exposure outweigh the risks of being scooped in the peer-reviewed venues.

I agree that this model applies broadly–both to other social media and outside academia. But I think academia is one of the strongest hold-outs against this use of social media, precisely because of the traditional role of peer-reviewed publication in defining a research career.

]]> By: Bob Gourley http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/26/why-grad-students-should-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Bob Gourley Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:13:46 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=677#comment-619 Dan, Thanks much for the post. I have to agree, and also believe this model applies to many others in the field.I imagine it also applies to other social media, like Twitter. Cheers, Bob Dan, Thanks much for the post. I have to agree, and also believe this model applies to many others in the field.I imagine it also applies to other social media, like Twitter.

Cheers,
Bob

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