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Pros & Cons
OF USING
SOCIAL MEDIA
IN RESEARCH
Group 2:
Amal K Jolly, Ade Adeagbo, Akin-Aina Eseoluwa M,
Sharif Almadany
(names in order of presentation)

DO WE USE
SOCIAL MEDIA
FOR RESEARCH ?

CONS
OF
SOCIAL
MEDIA IN
RESEARCH

Social Media Cons and Pros in research

Distractions while carrying out
research.

Uncertainty of information collected.

Restricted referencing provision.

Private ownership of data and terms and
conditions of social networks.

Limits researchers
from achieving
extended productivity.

PROS
OF
SOCIAL
MEDIA IN
RESEARCH

HOFFMAN V. STATE
In hoffman, an 18-year old female
was convicted of vehicular
manslaughter. The court enhanced
her sentence when the prosecution
introduced into evidence her
MySpace page with photos and
comments glamorizing alcohol abuse.
Source:

Pros of Social Media
• Social media opens up new forms of
communication for researchers.
• Allows for the collection and
analysis of wide range of data in real time
• Ensures that information can be collected
from a diverse range of people without
many restraints
• Allows for rapid feedback of research
conclusions

Online data and conversations
seem to bring a higher level of
honesty and transparency

Use of social media doesn’t
necessarily diminish the
professionalism of researchers as you
can have an academic network of
scholars using a social citation tool to
share referencing information.

Criticisms about the ‘good’ of social media are
invalid as it is important to look at the tools
that they offer that can be used in a beneficial
manner to the research community whilst also
facilitating positive connections with other
communities

All of these abilities serve to
increase court transparency, and
accountability, fulfilling the
fundamental goal of “open justice”.

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Social Media Cons and Pros in research

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