A Study of “Churn” in Tweets and Real-Time Search Queries (Extended Version) – Jimmy Lin, Gilad Mishne (Submitted on 30 May 2012) “The real-time nature of Twitter means that term distributions in tweets and in search queries change rapidly: the most frequent terms in one hour may look very different from those in the next.… Continue Reading
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Research Blogs and the Discussion of Scholarly Information
Research Blogs and the Discussion of Scholarly Information, Shema H, Bar-Ilan J, Thelwall M (2012) Research Blogs and the Discussion of Scholarly Information. PLoS ONE 7(5): e35869. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035869: “The research blog has become a popular mechanism for the quick discussion of scholarly information. However, unlike peer-reviewed journals, the characteristics of this form of scientific discourse… Continue Reading
Pew Survey – Twitter Use 2012
Twitter Use 2012: Findings – “Some 15% of online adults use Twitter as of February 2012, and 8% do so on a typical day. Although overall Twitter usage has nearly doubled since the Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project first asked a stand-alone Twitter question in November 2010, the 15% of online adults… Continue Reading
DHS National Operations Center Media Monitoring Capability Desktop Reference Binder 2011
Via EPIC FOIA release, Analysts Desktop Binder 2011 Redacted, Department of Homeland Security National Operations Center Media Monitoring Capability, Desktop Reference Binder. “MMC [media monitoring capability] coverage focuses primarily on providing information on incidents of national significance, which are usually defined as catastrophic events that result in wide-scale damage or disruption to the nations critical… Continue Reading
Dow Jones Announces Twitter Content Incorporated into Factiva
News release: “The curated Twitter content in Factiva covers 31 industries, including energy, financial services and technology, with a focus on the most influential tweeters from around the globe. The real time content is available via Factiva Snapshot, a business search tool with news dashboards that help businesses to efficiently gather intelligence and identify trends,… Continue Reading
EPA Flow Chart – Cheat Sheet for Agency Twitter Responses
Should I Respond Online On EPAs Behalf? – Questions to guide my decision Use with Representing EPA Online Using Social Media Procedure Continue Reading
Working the Network: A Managers Guide for Using Twitter in Government
Working the Network: A Managers Guide for Using Twitter in Government, Ines Mergel – Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. May 14, 2012. “As of this writing, the federal government operates over 1,000 Twitter feeds. Federal civilian agencies maintain over 360 Twitter feeds, while the Department of Defense hosts more than 650.… Continue Reading
Sunlight Foundation Reports on U.S. Embassies and Social Media
Sunlight Labs: “The U.S. State Department encourages the use of social media and actively tweets as part of a new 21st Century Statecraft initiative, with diplomats required to undergo Twitter training. But why do 121 U.S. embassies have Twitter accounts, and 54 do not? What do they say through these accounts? And who listens?” Twitter… Continue Reading
Inclusive Social Media Project: Participatory Evaluation
E-Democracy.org: “Our 2010-11 Inclusive Social Media pilot funded by the Ford Foundation built a foundation for taking our inclusive online engagement work to the next stage. Knowing what we are experiencing requires a reflective evaluation. Today, we are sharing the executive summary from our participatory evaluation and publishing the entire 60 page review (PDF). Continue Reading
The verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it?
London School of Economics: “Eager to find out what impact blogging and social media could have on the dissemination of her work, Melissa Terras took all of her academic research, including papers that have been available online for years, to the web and found that her audience responded with a huge leap in interest in… Continue Reading
Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums, Part 3: Recommendations and Readings
Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums, Part 3: Recommendations and Readings, Karen Smith-Yoshimura OCLC Research and Rose Holley National Library of Australia “Social media tools are needed to generate user-contributed content, which includes social metadata information from users that helps people find, understand, or evaluate a sites content. Social media and social metadata overlap;… Continue Reading
2012 Federal Media and Marketing Study Overview
2012 Federal Media and Marketing Study Overview, April 12, 2012, Fourth Annual Release “Knowing where and how to reach senior decision-makers at civilian and defense agencies is a vital component to every marketing effort aimed at the federal government. This popular syndicated study combines actual media usage of mid- to senior-level federal decision makers with… Continue Reading
