The Real-World Impact of Scientific Analysis of Twitter
The Real-World Impact of Scientific Analysis of Twitter
First presented at the Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on World Wide Web in 2010, Kwak, Lee, Park, and Moon’s article, “What is Twitter, a Social Network or a News Media?” describes the researchers’ unique methods of analysis to discover who uses Twitter and for what purpose. Utilizing a variety of highly technical evaluations following an evaluation of Twitter based on studying number of Twitter followers, ranking via PageRank and retweets, a trending topic analysis, and retweet information diffusion, the authors conclude that Twitter is much more of a news media or informational ...