Sho Tsugawa, Hiroyuki Ohsaki, “On the relation between Message Sentiment and its virality on Social Media, Social Network Analysis and Mining, 7, 1, 2017. [PDF] nii.ac.jp Abstract: We investigate the relation between the sentiment of a message on social media and its virality, defined as the volume and speed of message diffusion. We analyze 4.1 mil- … Continued
Valérie Schafer, Gérome Truc, Romain Badouard, Lucien Castex and Francesca Musiani, “Paris and Nice terrorist attacks: Exploring Twitter and web archives”, Media, War & Conflict, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635219839382 Abstract: The attacks suffered by France in January and November 2015, and then in the course of 2016, especially the Nice attack, provoked intense online activity both during … Continued
This book examines the usefulness and limits of DIY citizenship, exploring the diverse forms of political participation and “critical making” that have emerged in recent years. Matt Ratto, Megan Boler (ed.), DIY Citizenship, Critical Making and Social Media, Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 2014. See more
Sharad Goel, Ashton Anderson, Jake Hofman, Duncan J. Watts, “The Structural Virality of Online Diffusion”, Management Science, 2016, 62(1), pp. 180-196. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2158. Extract of the abstract : (…) We use this notion of structural virality to analyze a unique data set of a billion diffusion events on Twitter, including the propagation of news stories, videos, images, … Continued
danah boyd, d., Scott Golder., Gilad Lotan, “Tweet, tweet, retweet: Conversational aspects of retweeting on Twitter”, HICSS-43. IEEE, Kauai, HI, 6 January 2010. Abstract: Twitter—a microblogging service that enables users to post messages (“tweets”) of up to 140 characters—supports a variety of communicative practices; participants use Twitter to converse with individuals, groups, and the public at large, … Continued
“This insightful and analytical account of mass protest in the 21st century focuses on the “intertwined” power and weaknesses of new technologies that can be used to galvanize large numbers of people. … This comprehensive, thought-provoking work makes a valuable contribution to understanding recent political developments and provides a clear path by which grassroots organizers can improve future … Continued