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Measuring Influence On Twitter, Daniela B. Martinez
Measuring Influence On Twitter, Daniela B. Martinez
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A survey took in MAT 1372 about students' opinions on Twitter showed that most of them assumed that if a Twitter account has more followers, it will receive more likes or replies. However, accounts can buy followers, and followers do not necessarily mean engagement. In this paper, we used Twitter because it is a significant player in social media, but we can measure influence without using Twitter's follower count. We took a reference from Meeyoung Cha's article "The Million Follower Fallacy," which has demonstrated that the Twitter follower count is a meaningless metric in determining influence. To measure influence, a …
Bot Literacy: Teaching Librarians To Make Twitter Bots, Mark E. Eaton, Robin Camille Davis
Bot Literacy: Teaching Librarians To Make Twitter Bots, Mark E. Eaton, Robin Camille Davis
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Twitter And White Supremacy: A Love Story, Jessie Daniels
Twitter And White Supremacy: A Love Story, Jessie Daniels
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Social media is a haven for hate groups, who use the instantaneous medium to organize and troll. So why do the platforms continue to protect them and not those they abuse?
Make A Twitter Bot In Python: Iterative Code Examples, Robin Camille Davis, Mark E. Eaton
Make A Twitter Bot In Python: Iterative Code Examples, Robin Camille Davis, Mark E. Eaton
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A tutorial based upon the LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee’s “Build Your Own Twitter Bot” day in December 2015, which was billed as a gentle introduction to programming in Python.
From Tweet To Blog Post To Peer-Reviewed Article: How To Be A Scholar Now, Jessie Daniels
From Tweet To Blog Post To Peer-Reviewed Article: How To Be A Scholar Now, Jessie Daniels
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Digital media is changing how scholars interact, collaborate, write and publish. This piece describes how to be a scholar now, when peer-reviewed articles can begin as Tweets and blog posts. In this new environment, scholars are able to create knowledge in ways that are more open, more fluid, and more easily read by wider audiences.
Twitter: A Collection Development Discovery Tool For And By The People, Daisy V. Domínguez, Steven Ovadia
Twitter: A Collection Development Discovery Tool For And By The People, Daisy V. Domínguez, Steven Ovadia
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The article discusses the use of Twitter as an identification tool for both print and online collection development material.
Making Twitter Work: A Guide For The Uninitiated, The Skeptical, And The Pragmatic, Valerie Forrestal
Making Twitter Work: A Guide For The Uninitiated, The Skeptical, And The Pragmatic, Valerie Forrestal
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This article highlights the advantages of librarians and libraries establishing a professional or institutional presence on Twitter. This basic introduction to the web service also discusses innovative ways to shape your Twitter account into a successful professional development, reference, and outreach resource.
Exploring The Potential Of Twitter As A Research Tool, Steven Ovadia
Exploring The Potential Of Twitter As A Research Tool, Steven Ovadia
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The article reviews the web site Twitter, and discusses its research applications, including the concept of hashtags as subject headings to organize Twitter content.