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Published on
July 19, 2018
Last updated
July 19, 2018
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鈥The #good, the #bad and the #ugly鈥 (Features, 12 July) highlights the benefits as well as distractions that social media hold for academics.

A few months ago, I deleted my Twitter account and significantly improved my mental health. I do not miss the constant stream of mostly useless tweets at all. I have not signed up to Facebook and cannot see any reason to do so.

Unfortunately, LinkedIn seems to be becoming a social media site rather than a professional networking site with routine stages in professional life trumpeted as if they were research breakthroughs. Luckily, I am old enough for none of this to matter in my career but I do worry about the effect on younger academics.

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Via timeshighereducation.com听

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