The Democratization of Scientific Conferences: Twitter in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond.
Curr Hematol Malig Rep
; 16(2): 132-139, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1159041
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound impacts upon scientific discourse in our field, most prominently through the abrupt transition of malignant hematology conferences to all-digital formats. These virtual components will likely be incorporated into future iterations of these conferences even as in-person attendance is reincorporated. In this review, we discuss ways in which usage of the social networking platform Twitter has expanded in the past year during virtual conferences as a method to facilitate-and, in some ways, democratize-information flow and professional networking. RECENT FINDINGS:
Emerging Twitter-based tools in malignant hematology include presenter-developed #tweetorials, conference-specific "poster walks," and disease-specific online journal clubs. Twitter is also increasingly being used for networking across institutional and international lines, allowing for conversations to continue year-round as a first step toward multicenter collaborations as well as in-person #tweetups at subsequent meetings. The ability of Twitter to enable uninterrupted information exchange has reinforced its central role in medical and scientific communication in a way that will certainly outlive the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Congresses as Topic
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Hematologic Neoplasms
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Biomedical Research
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Videoconferencing
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Social Media
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Scholarly Communication
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Curr Hematol Malig Rep
Journal subject:
Hematology
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Neoplasms
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11899-021-00620-w
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