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Social Media and Academia

This guide focuses on some ways social media platforms, such as Pinterest, are used in academic settings.

What is Academia.edu?

Academia.edu is a place to share and follow research. With Academia.edu you can:

Share papers
View analytics on your papers and profile
Follow other scholars in your field

The Basics

When setting up your account be sure to fill out these fields:

Your university, department, title, biography, and contact information
Websites that you would like to promote (e.g. your Twitter home page, etc.)
Papers that you have authored (you can link to them online or upload them)

Academia.edu and LinkedIn

Video from the University of Maryland.