Session 47: Lightning talk: Using social media to increase the community feel

Abstract

In this brief 5 min talk i will introduce how social media could be used effectively to increase students community feeling. Social media is off course already been used, but i wanted to empathise on the specific type of social media. Apparently "Facebook is for old people", so my students told me; and "Twitter is too much to read". So which platform would be ideal for our new generation of students? Which social media can reach a lot of people? Taking into account the psychology of social media posts, I would like to briefly talk about how to best use these technologies to increase interest and engagement.

Using social media to increase the community feel PowerPoint. Only LJMU staff and students have access to this resource.