BB16 Week 3 Wrap: Native hashtags vs. the newcomers
Since our first BB16 blog, there has been two eliminations and a lot of drama – in the house and online. We are fairly strapped for time at the moment trying to get....
The World Cup that was: a look back through social media
On Sunday, Germany held the World Cup aloft after scoring a goal in extra time. Somewhat surprisingly, the final wasn’t the most tweeted event of the 2014 tournament: that....
Bigger than the Superbowl: the World Cup breaks viewing records
It’s official: more people in the US are streaming the World Cup than this year’s Superbowl, so it’s no surprise sports channel ESPN this week reported a 46% increase....
View from Brazil: Twitter as a tool for protest – and procrastination
Twitter activity this week, just like the World Cup, has definitely not slowed since the opening match. Here, we look at the shift in conversation as the tournament begins....
Brands are big winners in the ‘first social media World Cup’
This article was originally published on The Conversation, 19 July 2014 by Darryl Woodford & Katie Prowd The 2014 World Cup has already seen a significant volume of Twitter....
Twitter Excitement Index & Aussie TV Premieres
Welcome to another week of Telemetrics updates. In this blog we’ll take a quick look back at the last set of ‘predictions’, explore the Twitter Excitement....
The Week in Telemetrics: Advanced Metrics & Fine-Tuning
A new week, and so time for an update on progress in Telemetrics. In general, the last 10 days has primarily been concerned with adding additional fields and detail to our....
Introducing Telemetrics: The Weighted Tweet Index
Back in October, as I was flying to and from Denver for the AoIR conference, I was reading a number of books about sporting metrics, In one of these, “Trading Bases”,....