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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 …
Reducing Gun Violence In New York City, Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado
Reducing Gun Violence In New York City, Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado
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Most large American cities experienced falling client crime rates in recent decades, with New York City only being second to San Diego is the scale of its decline. This databit looks at the array of initiatives the city implemented to address gun violence as a possible contribution to the decline.