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Tolmie, Peter, Procter, Rob, Rouncefield, Mark, Liakata, Maria and Zubiaga, Arkaitz (2018) Microblog analysis as a program of work. ACM Transactions on Social Computing, 1 (1). pp. 2-42. doi:10.1145/3162956 ISSN 2469-7818 .
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3162956
Abstract
Inspired by a European project, PHEME, that requires the close analysis of Twitter-based conversations in order to look at the spread of rumors via social media, this article has two objectives. The first of these is to take the analysis of microblogs back to first principles and lay out what microblog analysis should look like as a foundational program of work. The other is to describe how this is of fundamental relevance to human-computer interaction's interest in grasping the constitution of people's interactions with technology within the social order. Our critical finding is that, despite some surface similarities, Twitter-based conversations are a wholly distinct social phenomenon requiring an independent analysis that treats them as unique phenomena in their own right, rather than as another species of conversation that can be handled within the framework of existing conversation analysis. This motivates the argument that microblog analysis be established as a foundationally independent program, examining the organizational characteristics of microblogging from the ground up. We articulate how aspects of this approach have already begun to shape our design activities within the PHEME project.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Microblogs, Human-computer interaction, Social media , Conversation analysis, Ethnomethodology, Social change, Twitter | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | ACM Transactions on Social Computing | ||||||
Publisher: | ACM | ||||||
ISSN: | 2469-7818 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 February 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 1 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 2-42 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1145/3162956 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 March 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 March 2018 | ||||||
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