Engagement and Impact through 'Amplifier Platforms'
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| Title: | Engagement and Impact through 'Amplifier Platforms' |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Osman, Kim, Cunningham, Stuart |
| Source: | Australian Universities' Review. 2019 61(2):42-48. |
| Availability: | National Tertiary Education Union. PO Box 1323, South Melbourne 3205, Australia. Tel: +61-3-92541910; Fax: +61-3-92541915; e-mail: editor@aur.org.au; Web site: http://www.aur.org.au |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Mass Media, Electronic Publishing, Social Media, Scholarship, Debate, Public Opinion, Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Measurement Techniques, Journalism, Access to Information, Audience Participation, Credibility, Electronic Journals, College Faculty, Faculty Publishing |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| ISSN: | 0818-8068 |
| Abstract: | Digital and social media have grown exponentially to become highly influential spheres of public communication -- increasingly crowded, contested, and corrupted, and increasingly in need of scholarly engagement. As public debate is conducted more through social and digital media, alternative metrics ('altmetrics') that are generated from social and digital media platforms become important as indicators of impact and engagement. We review the growth of amplifier platforms and the academic and contextual reasons for their growth. Amplifier platforms are defined to distinguish them from traditional media outlets (where the scholarly voice is mediated through and 'gatekept' by journalists, whose editors retain final control), personal blogs (very few of which can be maintained over time) and from social media platforms (where the scholarly voice is accorded no presumptive standing). A significant range of amplifier platforms is canvassed while acknowledging that in Australia, the amplifier platform "The Conversation" plays a central role. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1228012 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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