Big Brother 15, West Coast Viewers & Guilt by Association
Over at my own blog, I have been running an almost-daily series of posts looking at the current US reality series “Big Brother”, now in its 15th incarnation in the US....
A Month of Vines: An early look at Vine through Twitter
With my CCI colleague Jean Burgess, we have recently been tracking the development and use of Vine through our existing Twitter tools. More on accessing and tracking Vine....
The First Million IDs on Twitter
Following on from Friday’s post, in which we looked at a number of recent accounts on Twitter, this post considers the first million Twitter IDs. When did they join? As....
Who’s Joining Twitter? A look at 1 million recent IDs
Currently, at QUT Social Media HQ, we’re in the process of developing the new version of our Twitter capture software, led by CCI Data Scientist Troy Sadkowsky. During development,....
QUT Short Course “Introduction to Social Media”: Sign Up Now
Examine the most effective ways of using social media tools for your organisation or business. This introductory short course offers an overview of social media tools and....
WA Votes 2013–Election Day (votes and sausages)
Cross-posted from …and then the world This post continues my analysis of Twitter data concerning the WA state election, held on 9 March 2013: see this post for an introduction....
Social Media in Times of Crisis 2013: Register Now!
Our research into the use of social media for crisis communication, which produced last year’s report on the use of Twitter during the 2011 Queensland floods and a variety....
Why ‘small’ still matters in big data
Big data is big news in almost every sector including crisis communication. However, apart from having limited access to big data, we often do not have necessary tools....
ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index 2012 Round-Up
Having gathered data for the Australian Twitter News Index since mid-2012, it’s time now to review the overall patterns which the index has shown us over the past six months.....
HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM: Pope Francis’s first @pontifex tweet and public reactions
The new Pope’s first tweet was published shortly after Jorge Mario Bergolio stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to make his first public appearance, taking....