Are you a SCEPTIC? SoCial mEdia Precision and uTility in Conferences

Lyttle, Mark D.; Roland, Damian; May, Natalie; Body, Richard; Carley, Simon; Lyttle, Mark

Abstract

We analysed Twitter feeds at an emergency medicine scientific conference to determine the (1) accuracy of disseminated educational messages and the (2) use in providing rapid feedback to speakers. Most speakers were happy for key messages to be tweeted, and the majority of tweets (34/37) represented these accurately. It is important that speakers and conference organisers consider Twitter use and its potential benefits and disadvantages.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jan 26, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 2, 2016
• Journal: Emergency Medicine Journal
• Print ISSN: 1472-0205
• Electronic ISSN: 1472-0213
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 412-413
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-204216
• Keywords: twitter, social media, conference
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835297
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-204216
• Contract Date: Dec 2, 2016