Editorial: If it's posted, is it published? Intellectual property, conferences and social media

Ferguson, Caleb; Jackson, Debra

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2014.04.001

Author(s)

Ferguson, Caleb

Jackson, Debra

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

Would you be tempted to take a photo of someone else's slides at a conference or research seminar? Perhaps it maybe of interest to a colleague, or has a reference you may wish to refer to at a later stage? Should you or would you then share these over social media? In today's technological age, note taking during lectures and conferences seems old fashioned. One of us (CF) recently had the experience of attending a late-breaking clinical trials session at a prestigious international conference. Clinicians were sat with bated breath on the edge of their seat, awaiting the results of the latest RCT of a novel anticoagulant for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. As the conference organizers embargoed these findings, the excitement built and clinicians, students and health journalists were all waiting in anticipation. Every clinician in the room had a mobile device at the ready as the results slide was projected onto the large conference wall, rapidly snapped by all. These results were instantaneously published and broadcast; 'Tweeted', 'Grammed, 'Facebooked', 'Pinned, 'Tubed, posted to Tumblr, blogged, and emailed, at low cost, right around the globe. Simultaneously, study findings were intentionally released online in the peer-reviewed literature, and the link to the study was also shared and discussed and debated extensively over social media.

Citation

Collegian, 21(2), p. 79-80

ISSN

1876-7575

1322-7696

Link

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17153

Language

en

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Title

Editorial: If it's posted, is it published? Intellectual property, conferences and social media

Type of document

Journal Article

Entity Type

Publication

Author(s)	Ferguson, Caleb Jackson, Debra
Publication Date	2014
Abstract	Would you be tempted to take a photo of someone else's slides at a conference or research seminar? Perhaps it maybe of interest to a colleague, or has a reference you may wish to refer to at a later stage? Should you or would you then share these over social media? In today's technological age, note taking during lectures and conferences seems old fashioned. One of us (CF) recently had the experience of attending a late-breaking clinical trials session at a prestigious international conference. Clinicians were sat with bated breath on the edge of their seat, awaiting the results of the latest RCT of a novel anticoagulant for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. As the conference organizers embargoed these findings, the excitement built and clinicians, students and health journalists were all waiting in anticipation. Every clinician in the room had a mobile device at the ready as the results slide was projected onto the large conference wall, rapidly snapped by all. These results were instantaneously published and broadcast; 'Tweeted', 'Grammed, 'Facebooked', 'Pinned, 'Tubed, posted to Tumblr, blogged, and emailed, at low cost, right around the globe. Simultaneously, study findings were intentionally released online in the peer-reviewed literature, and the link to the study was also shared and discussed and debated extensively over social media.
Citation	Collegian, 21(2), p. 79-80
ISSN	1876-7575 1322-7696
Link	https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17153
Language	en
Publisher	Elsevier BV
Title	Editorial: If it's posted, is it published? Intellectual property, conferences and social media
Type of document	Journal Article
Entity Type	Publication

Editorial: If it's posted, is it published? Intellectual property, conferences and social media

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