002 - ASA Social Media Pre-Conference Workshop 02. Sociological Blogs on WordPress

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

This workshop takes academic attendees through the basic steps of establishing a blog — an online space to highlight their research and accomplishments. Participants will consider the merits of various free plug-and-play blogging platforms like WordPress.com and Tumblr. While each has its merits, we’ll delve into WordPress.com during this session, including the following skills:
• Creating a WordPress.com account
• Writing a post, title and excerpt for each entry
• Uploading and/or embedding media (photographs and PDFs)
• Hyperlinking to your work
• Changing design themes; and updating or editing posts



(Space is limited to 20 participants.)

Sub Unit

• Courses

Session Organizer

• Dustin Kidd, Temple University

Leader

• Nathan Scott Palmer, Georgia Southern University