User:JosebaAbaitua/sandbox/References/DHum2021/HERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN, María

According to a Research Information Network study based on an online survey followed by exhaustive interviews (Procter, Williams, Stewart, Poschen, Snee, Voss & Asgari-Targhi, 2010), most researchers make at least casual use of these sites and for research-related purposes. Actually, social media networks are used at all points of the research process, from detecting research opportunities to spreading research results. According to the results of a large international survey conducted by authors Rowlands, Nicholas, Russell, Canty & Watkinson (2011), the most popular tools are those that allow collaborative tasks, such as authoring, conferencing and scheduling and meeting tools. Social media may allow informal communication similar, or sometimes superior to, the traditional channels of informal forms of communication for dissemination and teamwork purposes used by scholars, such as face-to-face interactions with colleagues, seminars, conferences, etc. (Nández & Borrego, 2013).