My Interviewees on Social Media, Blog Post 6.3

In our modern age, one way that professionals in various fields communicate is through the plethora of social media that is available online. Such forms of media allow people in the fields to share their ideas or research, reach out to other professionals, and perhaps grow their own careers.

Looking for my own interviewees, I found this:

1. What are the names of each interviewee and which social media networks were you able to find each of them on?

Dr George Gehrels is on Facebook.

Kate Metcalf is on Facebook.

2. How would you describe each interviewee'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.

Dr. Gehrels has a private Facebook account; not much can be seen other than a profile picture and some basic info. This makes sense considering that he is a highly respected researcher.

Kate has a greater presence on Facebook. She has many pictures of outdoor vistas and environments. This would also make sense, seeing as she is conducting research.

3. Now return to the piece that this author published in the academic journal (from Blog Posts 6.2). 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.

While no publications from Kate could be found (yet), I found a huge amount of work from Dr. Gehrels.

Dr. Gehrels professionalism shows on both social media and his papers. His papers are technical and concise (long and descriptive titles and abstracts) and his presence on social media is low (Private account).

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