Physics and Social Media

In today’s increasingly connected world, there are endless opportunities for scientists to interact online. Increasing our visibility and engagement can have powerful effects on how we carry out our work as well as on how non-physicists see scientists and their own relationships to science and the research community. I will discuss how social media can allow physicists to be more engaged with the public, journalists, science communicators, government, and each other, and what potential benefits and pitfalls we need to be aware of when sharing our lives and science online.