• William Shakespeare @ShakeIt O, what men dare do! What men may do! What men daily do, not knowing what they do! Much Ado About Nothing (Act IV, scene I).

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  • O. Balee Tuck @Rhet-angular @Rhetro-Actor but as academics are we being "paid" for our ideas or for being circus performers?!

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  • Blake T. Cue @Rhetro-Actor It's not like I get paid to present at conferences! So if I'm paying to be there, shouldn't I expect people to make it interesting/useful?

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  • Blake T. Cue @Rhetro-Actor @Rhet-angular maybe, but I have to pay conference registration. How different is that from buying a show ticket?

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  • Richard A. Lanham @AttnEconomy Wrappings matter. You should pay attention to them. They are more important than the content. And, in extreme cases… they may be the content (54).

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  • O. Balee Tuck @Rhet-angular @Rhetro-Actor but doesn't it then end up being about pizazz rather than actual content?

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  • Blake T. Cue @Rhetro-Actor @AttnEconomy – right! So presenters have to present their ideas interestingly in order for me to see how interesting they are!

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  • William Shakespeare @ShakeIt O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! (King Richard III, Act V, Scene III).

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  • Erin Templeton @eetempleton @roopikarisam I do. I've also been on panels where the organizer has openly encouraged the audience to tweet & provided hashtag

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam @eetempleton Do you then tell the audience it's okay or nor okay to tweet in the panel?

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Erin Templeton @eetempleton @roopikarisam When I have organized panels at these confs (eg MLA) I still ask speakers beforehand.

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  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam @eetempleton If you're at a conf known to have a backchannel, is that implied consent?

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Erin Templeton @eetempleton If I'm giving a paper, chances are I'm cool w/ having people tweet it, but that doesn't mean I won't be pissed if it isn't clear beforehand.

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  • Erin Templeton @eetempleton The thing re #Twittergate that many seem to miss is that if a presenter wants her ideas tweeted, she's perfectly capable of tweeting them.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Melonie Fullick @qui_oui @tressiemcphd Maybe people just need to think about how certain tweets make us look like jerks, in a professional context. Twitterquette?

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam Because I tweet, therefore I am? It's not admiration or anything, just self-serving? I don't buy it. #twittergate @tressiemcphd

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Jessica W. Luther @scATX @tressiemcphd I think that's a *really* important question (self-serving)

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Richard A. Lanham @AttnEconomy In a culture where speaking is fundamental, not writing, the self is necessarily a dramatic self, and actor, and the conversation a drama (109).

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  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd Is backchanneling our way of building a "hip" digi-brand at the expense of presenters? Fair question #twittergate

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • KaydubyaCapsCapsCaps @kristenwarner @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam @adelinekoh @graceishuman @scATX thus the backchannel convo becomes ab them rather than "to" them.

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  • KaydubyaCapsCapsCaps @kristenwarner @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam @adelinekoh @graceishuman @scATX jumpin in but i think the pt is that the speaker can't join convo until after.

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  • Alexis Lothian @alothian BUT RTing also makes for spread and flow of ideas, & is one of the most valuable things about acatwitter. #twittergate

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Alexis Lothian @alothian Coming late to #twittergate, I think the biggest risk of misrepresentation comes from the RT: a part picked from a holistic stream.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • yourqueerprof @drcompton @scATX @this1littlebird @tressiemcphd maybe the fear is misrepresentation or manipulation, thievery or uncertainty

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • yourqueerprof @drcompton @scATX @this1littlebird @tressiemcphd so I have been following along- just wanted to add maybe there is an ethics to what u tweet of others.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Aaron Bady @zunguzungu @scATX @this1littlebird @tressiemcphd Ideas worth stealing are worth circulating. But there's that lag between steal-worthy and publication.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Aaron Bady @zunguzungu @scATX @this1littlebird @tressiemcphd Big part of the problem is the fact that you haven't "owned" an idea until post-peer review.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Jessica W. Luther @scATX @this1littlebird @tressiemcphd But if you have long digital record of ppl discussing your topic, there is power in that.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • cary gibson @this1littlebird @tressiemcphd stealing happens anyway. I've seen 1st hand paper submitted for conf. Rejected. Stolen by v ppl who called for papers.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Liana Silva Ford @lianamsilvaford @roopikarisam @tressiemcphd I agree. Many expect convo will never leave room. Conference as space for trial-and-error?

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam @tressiemcphd This makes me laugh? In fairness, one expects conf talk to not leave a room. Better not discuss talk w/ anyone not there.

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  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam @tressiemcphd @adelinekoh Steal it and write that myself? -- This is a big part of it.

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  • Richard A. Lanham @AttnEconomy The Internet models the larger cultural conversation, & when something is put up there, people naturally consider it not as a product but as part of a conversation (13).

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  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd One on one conversation or one to 50 is ok but one to million not? @roopikarisam @adelinekoh @graceishuman @scatx

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam @adelinekoh @tressiemcphd @graceishuman @scATX Twitter would enlarge the conversation. But then again, not everyone is on Twitter to engage.

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  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd There is a discussion to be had about where ownership of idea meets great idea ether @roopikarisam @adelinekoh

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam @adelinekoh @tressiemcphd @graceishuman @scATX Yet, presumably the entire point of conf. presentation is participate in a conversation.

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  • Adeline Koh @adelinekoh @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam @graceishuman @scatx ...culture of needing 2 b the smartest person in the room. This means no room to be wrong

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Adeline Koh @adelinekoh @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam @graceishuman @scatx similar anxieties arose at the mla a few years ago. Think a lot of it is the academic+

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  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd .@roopikarisam sames. So should scholars indicate their consent to be tweeted/FB'd/etc in their talks?

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam @tressiemcphd The first part, I'd agree with (consent to format) but not so much the second part.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Michael Widner @mwidner I am a self-serving hip digital scholar. #b5 #cwcon

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  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam presenters consent to a very specific format, tweeting disrupts that & mostly for personal gain - building scholar brand

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Blair LM Kelley @profblmkelley @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam How does someone control audience behavior? And why would you try? I'm generally happy to have an audience. ;)

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam @profblmkelley it was mentioned that notes are different. i think the difference is normative definitions of "attention"?

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  • Trent M Kays @trentmkays @surlyurbanist @tressiemcphd Or it may mean you're recording important points. I use Twitter to take notes at conferences.

    29 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Keep It Surly @surlyurbanist @tressiemcphd true but what constitutes rude is the demonstration of inattention not the actual inattention

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd @surlyurbanist assumes that not tweeting means one is paying attention when it only means inattention more visible to presenter #twittergate

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Keep It Surly @surlyurbanist @tressiemcphd and does not leave space for response...but this is a risk regardless of medium...diff is in scale and immediacy of impact

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Keep It Surly @surlyurbanist @tressiemcphd from afar, I think the rudeness/misrepresentation piece holds some credence...tweeting mid-presentation means may miss points

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd @literarychica @roopikarisam what tweeting DOES do: makes it visible to presenter what people think or when they aren't engaged

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Patrick. @SpringaldJack @tnopper @wardellfranklin Can you really tell if I'm typing on my tablet because I'm tweeting or because I'm taking notes?

    29 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • vogelfrei @nerdosyndical @wardellfranklin 2/2 a panel which is clearly non-workshoppy and not likely to put panelists in uncomfortable position also seems ok to me

    29 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • vogelfrei @nerdosyndical @wardellfranklin I would agree it's bad form for panelists to tweet during others' presentations. audience tweeting a keynote or

    29 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • josh guild @wardellfranklin last word for now: i think it is uniformly inappropriate for a participant to tweet during a session & only situationally app for audience

    29 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam @graceishuman @scatx their ideas are too complex for tweeting, should be thought about.

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd @roopikarisam @graceishuman @scatx ah yes so I see. The gist: some academics don't want you tweeting their talks+

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam @tressiemcphd @graceishuman @scATX There were definitely deleted tweets, right, because I looked for the backstory and something's missing.

    29 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Trent M Kays @trentmkays .@tressiemcphd I think it's the responsibility of every academic who tweets to do so at conferences.

    29 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • tressie mc @tressiemcphd An Idea is a Dangerous Thing to Quarantine #twittergate http://wp.me/p28iGT-dl

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Merideth Garcia @mgarcia Ha! You can't have human drama without conflict, opposition, and the other. Also - love the word "hurly-burly" #b5 #cwcon

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  • Roopika Risam @roopikarisam .@adelinekoh Next Sunday, "Not Without My Twitter Feed: Ethics of Storify." @tressiemcphd @literarychica @qui_oui @drcompton #twittergate

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpacheco I love having my talks live tweeted RT @adelinekoh: What are the ethics of live-tweeting at conferences? http://bit.ly/1kVVSJL

    30 Sep 2012retweetfavorite

  • William Shakespeare @ShakeIt But, for my own part, it was Greek to me" ( Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II).

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  • William Shakespeare @ShakeIt Now is the winter of our discontent (Richard III, Act I, Scene I).

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