Let me tell you a little secret: I don’t have a smart phone or keep up with Game of Thrones. As a matter of fact, for a younger guy, I’m pretty old-school. Accordingly, I was a huge skeptic of online social media…but I’ve always seen the value of non-technical communication in science. In fact, some people (e.g. M*A*S*H's Alan Alda) would even argue that communicating with the public is a scientist's foremost responsibility.
With success stories like Deep Sea News, Science Sushi, Southern Fried Science, and The Fisheries Blog, it’s hard to ignore the value of social media in fisheries science. Even chapters of the American Fisheries Society are getting in on the action. Hell, even this fish found value in the use of a smart phone!
