Over the last few days, a big debate over the appropriateness of live-tweeting conference panels has taken place over Twitter under the hashtag #Twittergate. Participants shared concerns of bad backchannel behavior, the accuracy of tweets, and whether tweeted research will be able to find a publisher. On the other hand, others raised points about how livetweeting conference panels increased access to research for those unable to travel to these conferences, and that tweets could work to increase visibility for scholars. Readers may be interested in

• my early Storify of #Twittergate,
• Tressie McMillan Cottom’s (@tressiemcphd) blog post about the subject,
• Roopika Risam’s (@roopikarisam) blog post,
• Jessica M. Johnson’s post on race and #Twittergate,
• a report from Inside Higher Education on #Twittergate, and
• Alexis Lothian’s (@alothian) response.

While the concerns …

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