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Brain power
The infestation of bots and conspiracy theorists on social media pre-election
Research shows the situation hasn't improved since the 2016 US election, despite attempts by social networks to clamp down on…
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COVID-19 coronavirus
What Twitter can tell us about the health of a community
While Twitter doesn’t provide a representative sample of the population, it can nonetheless reveal useful data.
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Brain power
How Twitter can help track the spread of COVID-19
The data can potentially reveal valuable and unique knowledge in regard to the pandemic, whether on the movement of people,…
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In the news
Twitter initiates a second reform in response to the growing criticism of social media
CEO Jack Dorsey has announced that Twitter is funding the development of an open and decentralized standard for social media,…
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2018’s top 100 journal articles
Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate [Top 100 journal articles of 2018]
American researchers found that bots disseminated antivaccine messages, whereas Russian trolls were more political and divisive, promoting discord.
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2018’s top 100 journal articles
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops? [Top 100 journal articles of 2018]
The value and impact of social media is an important topic in the research community. This study shows that scientists…
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Tools & methods
Maximising the benefits of live tweeting at conferences
Conference tweeting fundamentals, and how to deal with a “tweet storm” so that conference messages are effectively communicated and people…
