'Gender Differences in Twitter Use and Influence Among Health Policy and Health Services Researchers'

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'Ample research has documented the lower visibility and success of women compared with men in academic medicine. Against this setting, social media platforms such as Twitter offer academics opportunities to promote their research, network professionally, gain visibility, and, in turn, foster opportunities for career advancement.'

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'Some have hoped that social media would help level the playing field in academic medicine by giving women an accessible and equitable platform on which to present themselves. 'However, our findings--that women's voices on Twitter appeared to be less influential and have less reach than men's--suggest that these forums may do little to improve gender parity and may instead reinforce disparities.'

from this month's JAMA Internal Medicine
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...rticle/2753117