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Unlike traditional mass media, peer interaction between individuals is of critical importance in the dissemination mechanisms for social media. There is emerging interest in the possible novel application of social media in disseminating... more
In this report, we are delving into the world of 140 characters: microblogging. This fascinating world is constantly changing and evolving into something more complex. Nobody can see where it will take us yet, but for many, Twitter is... more
The aim of this chapter is to show some basic methods using R to analyze text content to discover emergent issues and controversies in diverse corpora. As a specific case study, I investigate the culture of microblogging academics... more
Blogs and microblogs are used for communication, knowledge management, and publishing. Blog is simply a shortened version of weblog, a coinage of “web” and “log,” representing an information system that lists diary entries online.... more
This article will demonstrate how the notion of 'phatic communion' has become an increasingly significant part of digital media culture alongside the rise of online networking practices. Through a consideration of the new media objects of... more
The paper describes a teaching innovation experience consisting in the use of Twitter as a learning tool. The students are registered in a course on Spanish tort law, where they basically learn the... more
Despite censorship, Chinese bloggers routinely uncover corruption, help solve social problems, and even pressure state officials to change foreign policy. The power of online opinion is undisputed in individual cases, but the overall... more
This chapter seeks to show how the society of the digital swarm we live in has changed the way individuals behave to the point that we have become Homo digitalis. These changes occur with information privatization, meaning that not only... more
https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/pbns.260/main This volume examines the language of microblogs drawing on the example of a group of eleven users who are united by their interest in ballet as a physical activity and an art form. The... more
This study examines how mainstream journalists who microblog negotiate their professional norms and practices in a new media format that directly challenges them. Through a content analysis of more than 22,000 of their tweets (postings)... more
El estudio valora las actitudes y el uso que hacen los docentes de primaria de la aplicación Edmodo. La muestra de 51 maestros de 6 países aporta información en un cuestionario mixto. Se lleva a cabo un análisis de los mensajes de... more
Different forms of regulation explain that China processes the most sophisticated internet monitoring system. Meanwhile, the contribution of communication technology - social media - provides new possibilities for Chinese users to... more
Over the last few years, microblogging has gained prominence as a form of personal broadcasting media where information and opinion are mixed together without an established order, usually tightly linked with current reality. Location... more
Through web sites such as Twitter, micro-blogging has shown a remarkable growth, demonstrating the human desire to share and consume information and knowledge. At the same time, the capabilities of mobile devices such as smart phones has... more
Mak, B. C. N., & Chui, H. L. (2014a). Impoliteness in Facebook Status Updates: Strategic talk among colleagues "outside" the workplace. Text & Talk, 34(2), 165-185. ISSN: 1860-7349. (Indexed in SSCI, Clarivate Analytics) This paper... more
El presente artículo describe una investigación realizada sobre la plataforma Edmodo. El estudio se lleva a cabo en el curso 2011 2012 en un centro de educación de adultos. Es por tanto un estudio de caso que analiza las valoraciones que... more
We present a system to normalize Spanish tweets, which uses preprocessing rules, a domain-appropriate edit-distance model, and language models to select correction candidates based on context. The system’s results at SEPLN 2013 Tweet-Norm... more
"According to the Standish Group (2011), 66% of projects fail, while 75% of the successful ones are managed by experienced project managers (PM). These PMs document their experience in the form of stories to facilitate knowledge capture... more
Micro-blogging platforms have been used increasingly by multinational companies as a marketing tool. Global corporations utilize platforms such as Twitter and Weio, leading micro-blogging sites, and promote their brand equity and increase... more
Micro-blogging platforms have been used increasingly by multinational companies as a marketing tool. Global corporations utilize platforms such as Twitter and Weio, leading micro-blogging sites, and promote their brand equity and increase... more
This paper presents a multilingual study on, per single post of microblog text, (a) how much can be said, (b) how much is written in terms of characters and bytes, and (c) how much is said in terms of information content in posts by... more
This paper presents a system to normalize Spanish tweets, which uses preprocessing rules, a domain-appropriate edit-distance model, and language models to select correction candidates based on context. The system is an improvement on the... more
There is an abundance of information found on microblog services due to their popularity. However the potential of this trove of information is limited by the lack of effective means for users to browse and interpret the numerous messages... more
Analysis of information retrieved from microblogging services such as Twitter can provide valuable insight into public sentiment in a geographic region. This insight can be enriched by visualising information in its geographic context.... more
This paper examines the community formed by the Twitter users that used a city-level hashtag. In particular, we provide a network perspective of the city of Athens, Greece, as demonstrated by the analysis and visualization of the relevant... more
Microblogging services are considered an emerging opportunity for authorities seeking to establish new communication channels with their public. Potential benefits evolve around enhancing transparency and interactivity, as well as sharing... more
Este trabalho objetiva analisar a multiplicidade discursiva identificada na escrita de blogs e microblogs de alunos de inglês do SENAC-RN, em Natal, e do CENEX-FALE/UFMG, em Belo Horizonte, respectivamente. Considerando as noções de... more
MİKROBLOGGİNG: ANLAMI VE KAPSAMI
Microblogging allows users to offer interpersonal bonds to an ambient audience of followers. One way of sharing a bond via Twitter, a popular microblogging service, is by ‘retweeting’, that is re-publishing a post within your own Twitter... more