πŸ“Š New insights from our #research on #AcademicMastodon Uptake across disciplines β†’45.5% #STEM β†’17.2% #SocialSciences β†’10.8% #Humanities β†’9.6% #Health sciences β†’5.4% other Real-life colleague connectivity on #Mastodon β†’32.9% 1-3 colleagues β†’8.5% 4-10 colleagues β†’5.4% 10+ 〃 β†’30.5% 0 〃 51% of responding social scientists have immediate colleagues on Mastodon, significantly more than other disciplines πŸ’œ Spreading Mastodon love in your department? πŸ“’ Share your pitch here! #OpenScience
Hi, #AcademicMastodon πŸ“ŠFirst results from our #research project on the role of #Mastodon in #academia are in. n=346 1️⃣94.7% say they would increase their professional use of Mastodon if more academic peers from their field joined the platform 2️⃣71.4% report a lack of institutional support for using Mastodon 3️⃣66.1% indicate their professional Mastodon use would increase if their organizations were present on Mastodon Stay tuned for more results. #OpenScience #AcademicChatter #SocialMedia