Twitter and Society.
Title:
Twitter and Society.
Author:
Weller, Katrin.
ISBN:
9781453911709
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (488 pages)
Series:
Digital Formations ; v.89
Digital Formations
Contents:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Debanalising Twitter: The Transformation of an Object of Study Richard Rogers ix -- Acknowledgments xxvii -- Twitter and Society: An Introduction Katrin Weller, Axel Bruns, Jean Burgess, Merja Mahrt, & Cornelius Puschmann xxix -- Part I: Concepts and Methods -- CONCEPTS -- 1 Twitter and the Rise of Personal Publics Jan-Hinrik Schmidt 3 -- 2 Structural Layers of Communication on Twitter Axel Bruns & Hallvard Moe 15 -- 3 Structure of Twitter: Social and Technical Alexander Halavais 29 -- 4 The Politics of Twitter Data Cornelius Puschmann & Jean Burgess 43 -- METHODS -- 5 Data Collection on Twitter Devin Gaffney & Cornelius Puschmann 55 -- 6 Metrics for Understanding Communication on Twitter Axel Bruns & Stefan Stieglitz 69 -- 7 Sentiment Analysis and Time Series with Twitter Mike Thelwall 83 -- 8 Computer-Assisted Content Analysis of Twitter Data Jessica Einspänner, Mark Dang-Anh, & Caja Thimm 97 -- 9 Ethnographic and Qualitative Research on Twitter Alice E. Marwick 109 -- 10 Legal Questions of Twitter Research Michael Beurskens 123 -- Part II: Perspectives and Practices -- PERSPECTIVES -- 11 From #FollowFriday to YOLO: Exploring the Cultural Salience of Twitter Memes Alex Leavitt 137 -- 12 Twitter and Geographical Location Rowan Wilken 155 -- 13 Privacy on Twitter, Twitter on Privacy Michael Zimmer & Nicholas Proferes 169 -- 14 Automated Twitter Accounts Miranda Mowbray 183 -- 15 Information Retrieval for Twitter Data Ke Tao, Claudia Hauff, Fabian Abel, & Geert-Jan Houben 195 -- 16 Documenting Contemporary Society by Preserving Relevant Information from Twitter Thomas Risse, Wim Peters, Pierre Senellart, & Diana Maynard 207 -- PRACTICES -- Popular Culture -- 17 The Perils and Pleasures of Tweeting with Fans Nancy Baym 221.
18 Tweeting about the Telly: Live TV, Audiences, and Social Media Stephen Harrington 237 -- 19 Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France Tim Highfield 249 -- 20 Twitter and Sports: Football Fandom in Emerging and Established Markets Axel Bruns, Katrin Weller, & Stephen Harrington 263 -- Brand Communication -- 21 Public Enterprise-Related Communication and Its Impact on Social Media Issue Management Stefan Stieglitz & Nina Krüger 281 -- 22 Twitter, Brands, and User Engagement Tanya Nitins & Jean Burgess 293 -- Politics and Activism -- 23 Political Discourses on Twitter: Networking Topics, Objects, and People Axel Maireder & Julian Ausserhofer 305 -- 24 Twitter in Politics and Elections: Insights from Scandinavia Anders Olof Larsson & Hallvard Moe 319 -- 25 The Gift of the Gab: Retweet Cartels and Gift Economies on Twitter Johannes Paßmann, Thomas Boeschoten, & Mirko Tobias Schäfer 331 -- Journalism -- 26 The Use of Twitter by Professional Journalists: Results of a Newsroom Survey in Germany Christoph Neuberger, Hanna Jo vom Hofe, & Christian Nuernbergk 345 -- 27 Twitter as an Ambient News Network Alfred Hermida 359 -- Crisis Communication -- 28 Crisis Communication in Natural Disasters: The Queensland Floods and Christchurch Earthquakes Axel Bruns & Jean Burgess 373 -- 29 Twitpic-ing the Riots: Analysing Images Shared on Twitter during the 2011 U.K. Riots Farida Vis, Simon Faulkner, Katy Parry, Yana Manyukhina, & Lisa Evans 385 -- Twitter in Academia -- 30 Twitter in Scholarly Communication Merja Mahrt, Katrin Weller, & Isabella Peters 399 -- 31 How Useful Is Twitter for Learning in Massive Communities? An Analysis of Two MOOCs Timo van Treeck & Martin Ebner 411 -- Epilogue: Why Study Twitter? Cornelius Puschmann, Axel Bruns, Merja Mahrt, Katrin Weller, and Jean Burgess 425 -- Notes on Contributors 433.
Abstract:
Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from a niche service to a mass phenomenon; it has become instrumental for everyday communication as well as for political debates, crisis communication, marketing, and cultural participation. But the basic idea behind it has stayed the same: users may post short messages (tweets) of up to 140 characters and follow the updates posted by other users. Drawing on the experience of leading international Twitter researchers from a variety of disciplines and contexts, this is the first book to document the various notions and concepts of Twitter communication, providing a detailed and comprehensive overview of current research into the uses of Twitter. It also presents methods for analyzing Twitter data and outlines their practical application in different research contexts.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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