twitter
social networking
microblogging
introduction & educational uses
Dr. Sidney Eve Matrix
Queen’s University Film & Media
@sidneyeve on twitter

tweets 140 characters

9.3M
more than doubled
February-March
2009

top demographic:
45-54 year olds
source: comScore April 2009

inside twitter
user profile

search function
follow trends & conversations

twitter uses considered in mainstream media

and in academic media

twitter can be used for
trend analysis

find case studies for your class and
monitor your own research topics
http://www.trackingtwitter.com/brands

compare trends http://twist.flaptor.com

data visualization

tracking
conversations
with hashtags(#)

#nhl

newsfeeds

twitter can be used for
studying branding

and for
understanding
crowdsourcing

as well as to create
local & international
networks

and to
engage the backchannel
in F2F meetings
image credit Laughing Squid on flickr

if you would like
to contact me:
@sidneyeve
sidneyevematrix.net
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