From Academia to Social Media

It is important to know a author's credibility when using an academic journal article. Knowing his social media presence is completely pointless to know when writing anything other than a fan blog. But just in case you were curious at all, even if you aren't, here is all that there is on one such author.

ijmaki, "Social Media Network", 2/20/2016, CC0 Public Domain

 



1. What is the name of the author (from the academic journal) that you selected and which social media networks were you able to find her/him on?
Joseph M. McCrate- LinkedIn

2. How would you describe the author's social media presence? What kinds of things are they talking about or sharing on social media? Write a brief description of what you learned about them through the listed social media feeds.
I would describe the author's, Joseph McCrate, professional social media presence as nonexistent. He has a LinkedIn account and that's all. He doesn't share anything other than his publications.

3. Now return to the piece that this author published in the academic journal (from Blog Posts 6.5 & 6.6). How does their persona on social media differ from their persona in the pages of the academic journal? Be specific and cite details from both the journal and the social media posts you discovered.
I would say that the author's presence in the journal article is completely different than his professional social media presence. He writes and comments in the journal article but doesn't do anything on his social media other than post his publish his own articles. But this isn't surprising because most chemical engineers don't have social media accounts for their professional lives. Research takes a long time to complete so it is pretty pointless to post about how a chemical is still reacting or how now the concentration of the solution has changed from 1.2 M to 1.3M in the past week.