Urban Planning Academics and Twitter: Who and what?

摘要: Twitter has increasingly become a resource used by academics to share scholarship and opinions within professional networks. This paper presents descriptive analysis of use urban planning faculty, reporting characteristics users, the topics posted, indicators influence among faculty as well those interested in from outside academic circles. Approximately one-third are active yet, there have been no empirical analyses how why they social media platform. uses data accounts for U.S. Canada identified being purposes period March 2007 April 2019. Considering lends insights on its usefulness discussion scholarly communications. The conclusion discusses prospects better utilize broaden deepen their activities while noting particular concerns.