Social Media in Australia: The Case of TwitterAxel Bruns
Professor Axel Bruns at Queensland University of Technology leads research tracking social media use in Australia, particularly Twitter. His team has identified over 2.8 million active Australian Twitter accounts through 2013. They map these accounts' follower/followee networks and track hashtags, links shared, and other activities to understand how public discourse and information spread occurs online. Their goal is developing a comprehensive model of Australia's online public sphere through large-scale, data-driven analysis of social media over time.
Layers of Communication: Forms of Talk on TwitterAxel Bruns
The document discusses three layers of communication on Twitter: the macro level of hashtags (#hashtags), the meso level of follower networks, and the micro level of direct messages (@mentions). These layers interact and information can transition between them through retweets. Studying them individually provides only a limited understanding, as the layers intersect and public discussions on Twitter are interwoven with the wider media environment. More research is needed on how publics form and interact on Twitter, how communication patterns on Twitter relate to the broader society, and how to apply social media research methods beyond any single platform.
Twitter in Germany: A Big Data PerspectiveAxel Bruns
1) The document discusses research analyzing Twitter usage in Germany from a big data perspective. It identifies approximately 9.2 million unique German-language Twitter accounts and over 2.4 billion tweets posted between September 2013 and 2015.
2) Various statistics and patterns are analyzed regarding German Twitter users, including distributions by country, state, and city. Activity patterns like number of tweets posted per day are also examined.
3) The research aims to better understand factors driving Twitter adoption in Germany, map the German-language Twitter network, and analyze how information spreads. A collaborative news index of German tweets (DETNIX) tracing sharing of news links is also described.
This document discusses the political uses of social media in Australia. It notes that Facebook is widely used across demographic groups for maintaining local connections, while Twitter is used by more influential professionals for broader discussions through hashtags. Examples of hashtags that drove political discussions include #spill during a leadership challenge and #qldfloods during floods. The document advises politicians to use social media, especially Facebook and Twitter, to engage with voters and debates, but cautions that mistakes can spread widely and quickly online.
‘Big Social Data’ in Context: Connecting Social Media Data and Other SourcesAxel Bruns
This document discusses big social data research and outlines a research project on analyzing data from social media and other online sources to understand public opinion formation in Australia. It aims to develop new methods for integrating large datasets from Facebook, Twitter, news websites and search/browsing data. The project will examine how news and issues spread and change in prominence over time, and how online public discussion networks form and interact across platforms. Initial findings show identifiable networks and discussion trends for different news sources and topics on Twitter.
New Approaches to Large-Scale Social Media Analytics: Investigating Twitter i...Axel Bruns
This document summarizes Professor Axel Bruns' research on analyzing large-scale social media data from Twitter in Australia. The research maps over 2.8 million identified Australian Twitter accounts and their follower/followee networks. It analyzes user engagement patterns around hashtags, news sites, and events. Tracking Australian Twitter activity over time provides a comprehensive dataset for understanding public discussions and responses to events in Australia.
Social Media in Australia: The Case of TwitterAxel Bruns
Professor Axel Bruns at Queensland University of Technology leads research tracking social media use in Australia, particularly Twitter. His team has identified over 2.8 million active Australian Twitter accounts through 2013. They map these accounts' follower/followee networks and track hashtags, links shared, and other activities to understand how public discourse and information spread occurs online. Their goal is developing a comprehensive model of Australia's online public sphere through large-scale, data-driven analysis of social media over time.
Layers of Communication: Forms of Talk on TwitterAxel Bruns
The document discusses three layers of communication on Twitter: the macro level of hashtags (#hashtags), the meso level of follower networks, and the micro level of direct messages (@mentions). These layers interact and information can transition between them through retweets. Studying them individually provides only a limited understanding, as the layers intersect and public discussions on Twitter are interwoven with the wider media environment. More research is needed on how publics form and interact on Twitter, how communication patterns on Twitter relate to the broader society, and how to apply social media research methods beyond any single platform.
Twitter in Germany: A Big Data PerspectiveAxel Bruns
1) The document discusses research analyzing Twitter usage in Germany from a big data perspective. It identifies approximately 9.2 million unique German-language Twitter accounts and over 2.4 billion tweets posted between September 2013 and 2015.
2) Various statistics and patterns are analyzed regarding German Twitter users, including distributions by country, state, and city. Activity patterns like number of tweets posted per day are also examined.
3) The research aims to better understand factors driving Twitter adoption in Germany, map the German-language Twitter network, and analyze how information spreads. A collaborative news index of German tweets (DETNIX) tracing sharing of news links is also described.
This document discusses the political uses of social media in Australia. It notes that Facebook is widely used across demographic groups for maintaining local connections, while Twitter is used by more influential professionals for broader discussions through hashtags. Examples of hashtags that drove political discussions include #spill during a leadership challenge and #qldfloods during floods. The document advises politicians to use social media, especially Facebook and Twitter, to engage with voters and debates, but cautions that mistakes can spread widely and quickly online.
‘Big Social Data’ in Context: Connecting Social Media Data and Other SourcesAxel Bruns
This document discusses big social data research and outlines a research project on analyzing data from social media and other online sources to understand public opinion formation in Australia. It aims to develop new methods for integrating large datasets from Facebook, Twitter, news websites and search/browsing data. The project will examine how news and issues spread and change in prominence over time, and how online public discussion networks form and interact across platforms. Initial findings show identifiable networks and discussion trends for different news sources and topics on Twitter.
New Approaches to Large-Scale Social Media Analytics: Investigating Twitter i...Axel Bruns
This document summarizes Professor Axel Bruns' research on analyzing large-scale social media data from Twitter in Australia. The research maps over 2.8 million identified Australian Twitter accounts and their follower/followee networks. It analyzes user engagement patterns around hashtags, news sites, and events. Tracking Australian Twitter activity over time provides a comprehensive dataset for understanding public discussions and responses to events in Australia.
Mapping a National Twittersphere: A 'Big Data' Analysis of Australian Twitter...Axel Bruns
This document summarizes a study that mapped the Australian Twitter user network from 2013-2014. Researchers identified over 2.8 million Australian Twitter accounts and filtered this to 140,000 highly connected accounts. The network was mapped and analyzed to understand its structure and how users engaged with topics like news, TV shows and sports. Future work involves deeper analysis of the network over time and comparing networks in other countries.
One Day in the Life of a National TwittersphereAxel Bruns
This document summarizes research on analyzing Twitter data from Australian accounts. It describes a project that identified over 2.8 million Twitter accounts based in Australia and captured over 1 billion tweets from these accounts. The research analyzes data from a single day, August 6th 2015, when 1.1 million tweets were posted between 147,000 Australian accounts. The tweets were grouped into clusters based on their topics, such as politics, cricket, and pop culture. Analysis of the clusters found differences in their hashtag usage, positions in the follower network, and interactions both within and across clusters. This research aims to provide a more comprehensive view of the "Australian Twittersphere" than previous studies focused on hashtags or specific events.
Exploring the Global Demographics of TwitterAxel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Darryl Woodford, and Troy Sadkowsky presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference, Daegu, Korea, 22-25 Oct. 2014.
Building Spaces for Hyperlocal Citizen Journalism (AoIR 2008)Axel Bruns
This document discusses challenges facing citizen journalism and opportunities for "pro-am" collaborations between professional and amateur contributors. It describes the Australian election project "Youdecide2007" as an example of a successful hyperlocal citizen journalism initiative. The project attracted contributions from rural and regional areas by providing seed content and editorial oversight to encourage participation. Combining professional and citizen contributions can help attract new audiences and encourage participation.
From Geographic Location to Network Location: The Potential of Big Social DataAxel Bruns
This document discusses how geographic location data from social media like Twitter can be used to map social networks and infer user locations based on network connections rather than self-reported geotags. It presents analysis of a dataset of over 140,000 geolocated Australian Twitter users mapped by their stated locations, timezones and connections to show the structure of the "Australian Twittersphere". However, it also notes limitations of relying on Twitter's API policies for long-term research access to social media data.
Mapping Social TV Audiences: The Footprints of Leading Shows in the Austral...Axel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Darryl Woodford, Tim Highfield, and Katie Prowd, presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference, Daegu, Korea, 22-25 Oct. 2014.
Social Media in Australia: A ‘Big Data’ Perspective on TwitterAxel Bruns
Invited presentation at the University of Melbourne, 4 April 2017.
Twitter research to date has focussed mainly on the study of isolated events, as described for example by specific hashtags or keywords relating to elections, natural disasters, public events, and other moments of heightened activity in the network. This limited focus is determined in part by the limitations placed on large-scale access to Twitter data by Twitter, Inc. itself. This research presents the first ever comprehensive study of a national Twittersphere as an entity in its own right. It examines the structure of the follower network amongst some 4 million Australian Twitter accounts and the dynamics of their day-to-day activities, and explores the Australian Twittersphere’s engagement with specific recent events.
Mapping Movements: Social movement research and big data: critiques and alter...Tim Highfield
Paper presented by Sky Croeser and Tim Highfield at Compromised Data? colloquium, Toronto, Canada, 29 October 2013. http://www.infoscapelab.ca/news/oct-28-29-colloquium-compromised-data-new-paradigms-social-media-theory-and-methods
[Tim's additional note: This presentation is focused specifically on doing research around social movements and producing findings and contributing new knowledge about how activists use social media and online technologies – there is some very important and detailed quantitative analysis of Twitter discussions around social movements and uprisings which provide critical information about communication online and responses to international events, and my intent is not to discount this work just because it is quant-only – these studies do different things and have different aims, and so the scope of their findings is not the same by extension (I’m not sure that I made this point clearly in the presentation, though).]
Social Media in Australian Federal Elections: Comparing the 2013 and 2016 Cam...Axel Bruns
1) The document compares social media use in the 2013 and 2016 Australian federal elections by analyzing candidates' Twitter accounts and engagement with candidates.
2) It finds that in 2013, Labor candidates were more active than Coalition candidates on Twitter, while in 2016 both parties' candidates were more active.
3) Engagement with candidates on Twitter also increased from 2013 to 2016, with more retweets especially of Labor candidates in 2016.
Mapping Online Publics: Understanding How Australians Use Social MediaAxel Bruns
This document discusses social media usage in Australia and research on how Australians use platforms like Facebook and Twitter. It focuses on a study of hashtag usage on Twitter during crises like floods in Queensland and earthquakes in Christchurch. The study analyzed hashtag networks, key accounts, and how information spreads across Twitter. It aims to better understand social media participation patterns and the role of Twitter in the wider media landscape.
This document summarizes research analyzing the Norwegian Twittersphere. It describes how over 967,000 Norwegian Twitter accounts were identified and their follower networks were mapped. The Norwegian accounts were clustered into different topic groups like politics, music, and news. Over time from 2006-2015 the number and types of clusters grew. Town and county level data on accounts was also analyzed. The research is part of ongoing work to understand how social media impacts agenda setting during election campaigns.
From #qldfloods to #sandy: Engaging with the Public during Crisis EventsAxel Bruns
Axel Bruns discusses social media use during crisis events like the Queensland floods in Australia and the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. He analyzes how different platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr were used to share updates, photos, and videos. Key challenges for emergency services are information dissemination to the public and discovering useful information from social media. During crises, social media allows for self-organization of communities, rapid sharing of resources, and selective amplification of important messages. Ongoing research seeks to better evaluate social media communication and develop tools to identify emerging issues from public discussions.
RMIT Entrepreneurship September 2015 copyVictor Perton
This document summarizes key points from a speech by Malcolm Turnbull on embracing technological disruption and opportunities for growth. It also outlines commitments from the Brisbane G20 summit communique to promote competition, lower barriers to new businesses, and reduce youth unemployment through education and job programs. Finally, it provides advice for using networks and government support when visiting Silicon Valley or growing a business in Australia.
Mapping a National Twittersphere: A 'Big Data' Analysis of Australian Twitter...Axel Bruns
This document summarizes a study that mapped the Australian Twitter user network from 2013-2014. Researchers identified over 2.8 million Australian Twitter accounts and filtered this to 140,000 highly connected accounts. The network was mapped and analyzed to understand its structure and how users engaged with topics like news, TV shows and sports. Future work involves deeper analysis of the network over time and comparing networks in other countries.
One Day in the Life of a National TwittersphereAxel Bruns
This document summarizes research on analyzing Twitter data from Australian accounts. It describes a project that identified over 2.8 million Twitter accounts based in Australia and captured over 1 billion tweets from these accounts. The research analyzes data from a single day, August 6th 2015, when 1.1 million tweets were posted between 147,000 Australian accounts. The tweets were grouped into clusters based on their topics, such as politics, cricket, and pop culture. Analysis of the clusters found differences in their hashtag usage, positions in the follower network, and interactions both within and across clusters. This research aims to provide a more comprehensive view of the "Australian Twittersphere" than previous studies focused on hashtags or specific events.
Exploring the Global Demographics of TwitterAxel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Darryl Woodford, and Troy Sadkowsky presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference, Daegu, Korea, 22-25 Oct. 2014.
Building Spaces for Hyperlocal Citizen Journalism (AoIR 2008)Axel Bruns
This document discusses challenges facing citizen journalism and opportunities for "pro-am" collaborations between professional and amateur contributors. It describes the Australian election project "Youdecide2007" as an example of a successful hyperlocal citizen journalism initiative. The project attracted contributions from rural and regional areas by providing seed content and editorial oversight to encourage participation. Combining professional and citizen contributions can help attract new audiences and encourage participation.
From Geographic Location to Network Location: The Potential of Big Social DataAxel Bruns
This document discusses how geographic location data from social media like Twitter can be used to map social networks and infer user locations based on network connections rather than self-reported geotags. It presents analysis of a dataset of over 140,000 geolocated Australian Twitter users mapped by their stated locations, timezones and connections to show the structure of the "Australian Twittersphere". However, it also notes limitations of relying on Twitter's API policies for long-term research access to social media data.
Mapping Social TV Audiences: The Footprints of Leading Shows in the Austral...Axel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Darryl Woodford, Tim Highfield, and Katie Prowd, presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference, Daegu, Korea, 22-25 Oct. 2014.
Social Media in Australia: A ‘Big Data’ Perspective on TwitterAxel Bruns
Invited presentation at the University of Melbourne, 4 April 2017.
Twitter research to date has focussed mainly on the study of isolated events, as described for example by specific hashtags or keywords relating to elections, natural disasters, public events, and other moments of heightened activity in the network. This limited focus is determined in part by the limitations placed on large-scale access to Twitter data by Twitter, Inc. itself. This research presents the first ever comprehensive study of a national Twittersphere as an entity in its own right. It examines the structure of the follower network amongst some 4 million Australian Twitter accounts and the dynamics of their day-to-day activities, and explores the Australian Twittersphere’s engagement with specific recent events.
Mapping Movements: Social movement research and big data: critiques and alter...Tim Highfield
Paper presented by Sky Croeser and Tim Highfield at Compromised Data? colloquium, Toronto, Canada, 29 October 2013. http://www.infoscapelab.ca/news/oct-28-29-colloquium-compromised-data-new-paradigms-social-media-theory-and-methods
[Tim's additional note: This presentation is focused specifically on doing research around social movements and producing findings and contributing new knowledge about how activists use social media and online technologies – there is some very important and detailed quantitative analysis of Twitter discussions around social movements and uprisings which provide critical information about communication online and responses to international events, and my intent is not to discount this work just because it is quant-only – these studies do different things and have different aims, and so the scope of their findings is not the same by extension (I’m not sure that I made this point clearly in the presentation, though).]
Social Media in Australian Federal Elections: Comparing the 2013 and 2016 Cam...Axel Bruns
1) The document compares social media use in the 2013 and 2016 Australian federal elections by analyzing candidates' Twitter accounts and engagement with candidates.
2) It finds that in 2013, Labor candidates were more active than Coalition candidates on Twitter, while in 2016 both parties' candidates were more active.
3) Engagement with candidates on Twitter also increased from 2013 to 2016, with more retweets especially of Labor candidates in 2016.
Mapping Online Publics: Understanding How Australians Use Social MediaAxel Bruns
This document discusses social media usage in Australia and research on how Australians use platforms like Facebook and Twitter. It focuses on a study of hashtag usage on Twitter during crises like floods in Queensland and earthquakes in Christchurch. The study analyzed hashtag networks, key accounts, and how information spreads across Twitter. It aims to better understand social media participation patterns and the role of Twitter in the wider media landscape.
This document summarizes research analyzing the Norwegian Twittersphere. It describes how over 967,000 Norwegian Twitter accounts were identified and their follower networks were mapped. The Norwegian accounts were clustered into different topic groups like politics, music, and news. Over time from 2006-2015 the number and types of clusters grew. Town and county level data on accounts was also analyzed. The research is part of ongoing work to understand how social media impacts agenda setting during election campaigns.
From #qldfloods to #sandy: Engaging with the Public during Crisis EventsAxel Bruns
Axel Bruns discusses social media use during crisis events like the Queensland floods in Australia and the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. He analyzes how different platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr were used to share updates, photos, and videos. Key challenges for emergency services are information dissemination to the public and discovering useful information from social media. During crises, social media allows for self-organization of communities, rapid sharing of resources, and selective amplification of important messages. Ongoing research seeks to better evaluate social media communication and develop tools to identify emerging issues from public discussions.
RMIT Entrepreneurship September 2015 copyVictor Perton
This document summarizes key points from a speech by Malcolm Turnbull on embracing technological disruption and opportunities for growth. It also outlines commitments from the Brisbane G20 summit communique to promote competition, lower barriers to new businesses, and reduce youth unemployment through education and job programs. Finally, it provides advice for using networks and government support when visiting Silicon Valley or growing a business in Australia.
La misa es una fiesta alegre con Jesús donde se celebra que dio su vida por amor, enseña a través de su palabra y alimenta con el pan para comprometerse a ser amigos y caminar juntos.
This certificate is awarded to Ng Pui See in recognition of her valuable contribution to ABB Malaysia Sdn Bhd during the first quarter of 2015. The certificate is signed by Jukko Poutonen, the Country Managing Director of ABB Malaysia Sdn Bhd, to honor Ng Pui See's work.
M. MuthuKumar is seeking a position that utilizes his skills and talents. He has a Cost and Management Accountant certification from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and has over 2 years of experience as a Financial Analyst at Flextronics India Pvt Ltd. His responsibilities there included sales and cost analysis, production reporting, inventory management, and standard cost updates. He is proficient in English and Tamil and has achieved academic and extracurricular honors.
The document discusses the need for insurance companies to transform their operating models to become more agile in order to adapt to changing customer expectations and increased competition. It outlines several disruptive forces driving changes in the industry, including new technologies, shifting demographics, and the rise of the empowered consumer. It then discusses what success will look like for insurers that are able to transform, including meeting new customer expectations, offering personalization, and building trusted relationships. The document concludes by outlining some initial steps insurers can take in establishing a transformation roadmap, such as establishing a digital customer experience, improving process efficiency, and rationalizing legacy infrastructure.
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is a signaling protocol used to create, manage and terminate sessions in an IP based network. This course is for beginners and aims to give a brief introduction to SIP before one ventures into the long RFC documents.
The document discusses India's power scenario and electricity grids. It outlines the history of power development in India and the roles of load dispatch centers in managing the national grid. The country's electricity grid is divided into five regional grids interconnected by high voltage direct current links. These regional grids are also interconnected with neighboring countries' grids, allowing for power sharing and building economic relationships. As India's grid becomes more interconnected both within the country and internationally, it improves the economy and establishes India as one of the largest synchronous grids in the world.
본 자료는 빅데이터를 분석하는 전반적인 과정에 대해 정리한 자료로써 사회과학을 포함한 다양한 영역(컴퓨터 공학, 통계학, 수학 등)이 분석 과정에 참여할 수 있는지를 정리한 자료이다. 분석 과정 세부 영역에 있어선 주로 사회과학의 관점에서 기술하였다. 현재 자료는 2010년부터 사회과학의 관점에서 데이터 분석을 계속 해오면서 경험한 부분과 문헌 및 발표 자료 등을 통해 정리한 자료이다. 앞으로 여러 영역을 공부하면서 빅데이터 분석 프로세스를 더욱 발전시켜 나갈 예정이다.
Deans Commendation Letter Second Semester 2014Paul Mariano
Mr Adonil Paul Mariano has been recognized for his excellent academic results from the previous semester. He achieved a grade point average of over 6.1 and completed over 36 credit points, earning him a spot on the Dean's Commendation List for the Faculty of Health at Queensland University of Technology. The Dean encourages Mr Mariano to consider further postgraduate study and elite programs like the College of Excellence based on his strong academic performance. He is provided information on further extending his skills and experience through additional leadership and development opportunities during his time at QUT.
Compartimos con ustedes uno de los ensayos que fueron elaborados para la clausura del libro de STEVE JOBS, en el CLUB DE LECTURA, el cual con seguridad le será útil a toda persona que no haya leído el libro y desee hacerse a una idea muy clara de lo que trata.
Esperamos que sea de su agrado.
Cordialmente,
Juan Carlos Rodríguez Laguado
* Cita del día:
“La lectura de todo buen libro es como una “conversación” con los hombres más esclarecidos de la historia; una conversación selecta en la cual ellos nos descubren sus mejores pensamientos.” – René Descartes.
#wavotes: Tracking candidates' use of social media in the 2013 Western Austra...Tim Highfield
The document summarizes research on tracking candidates' use of social media, particularly Twitter, during the 2013 Western Australian state election. It finds that Labor and Green candidates were most active on Twitter, though Liberal candidates were largely absent. Interactions on Twitter broke down along partisan lines, with clusters of Labor, Green and National accounts. Despite the Liberal absence on Twitter, they won a landslide victory in the election, suggesting their strategy of avoiding online gaffes was effective. The research aims to compare findings to other elections and further analyze tweet content and networks.
Twitter and Australian political debatesTim Highfield
This document analyzes political discussions on Twitter in Australia using the hashtags #auspol, #qldpol, and #wapol between January and July 2012. It finds that a small group of highly active "political junkies" contribute the majority of tweets, though politicians are often mentioned. Discussion is polarized under #auspol but more balanced under the state-level tags. Further analysis is needed to fully understand information flows and the role of Twitter in political debates.
Political Networks on Twitter: Tweeting the Queensland State ElectionAxel Bruns
The document analyzes political discussion and activity on Twitter during the 2012 Queensland state election in Australia. It finds that while many candidates created Twitter accounts, there was limited engagement during the campaign and use of relevant hashtags. The ruling Australian Labor Party was more active on Twitter than the opposition Liberal National Party. Candidate interactions on Twitter mainly supported their own party and leader rather than engaging with opponents. Voters focused discussions on leading candidates through mentions and replies.
Social media news audiences and the quantified journalistTim Highfield
This document summarizes a research project on social media news audiences and the quantified journalist. The project examines how journalists and audiences co-create news on social media platforms like Twitter. It analyzes what news content is shared on social media, which sources are most prominent, and the roles of journalists and audiences in shaping public discussions. The researchers will collect data from sources like Twitter, Facebook, and news site analytics to understand news sharing trends and how overlapping publics form and interact. The goal is to develop a new model of the Australian online public sphere and understand how news consumption and debate unfold over time.
Social media is becoming an increasingly important tool for political campaigns and engagement. Recent presidential elections saw a major increase in the use of platforms like Twitter and Facebook to share messages, mobilize supporters, and analyze audience reactions. Politicians can now customize their online image based on analytics of social media interactions. The 2016 election could see social media play an even greater role, as candidates experiment with new ways to reach millions of potential voters and activists. However, more research is still needed to fully understand social media's impact and how to best utilize the data it provides.
Social Media Analytics Research at the QUT Digital Media Research CentreAxel Bruns
The Digital Media Research Centre at QUT conducts research on how society adapts to digital media technologies. Prof. Axel Bruns leads research on social media analytics and big social data. This includes mapping the Australian Twittersphere to identify influencers and study topics like political engagement and crisis communication. Over 4 million Australian Twitter accounts have been identified and clustered into groups like politics, sports and entertainment. Analysis of these clusters shows some act as echo chambers while others disseminate information more widely. Future research will explore multi-platform data and critical analysis of platform algorithms and their impact.
Lets talk #2: Social Media and Its Impact on PoliticsNabila As'ad
We’ll take one example: Barrack Obama’s Breakthrough with his Digital Campaign Communications in 2012.
His Objectives
The Statistic
The Data
The Facts
The Findings of Audit Processes (of this campaign)
Using twitter as a source of voice of customer data to understand the experience and needs of the Election Leaflets audience. A project for the Open Australia Foundation.
Independents’ Day? Political Campaigning on Social Media in the 2022 Australi...Axel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Ehsan Dehghan, Daniel Angus, Nadia Jude, and Phoebe Matich presented at the ECREA 2022 pre-conference "Digital Election Campaigning Worldwide", Aarhus, 19 Oct. 2022.
Media coverage of the British General Election 2015: first thoughtsPOLIS LSE
A short presentation giving my first thoughts on the news media coverage of the British General Election of May 7th 2015. It looks at the role of TV, newspapers and social media and the digital campaigns of the main parties and the significance of the 'gaffes' in the campaign.
it says that TV is the most important platform still, that social media is much more extensive, but plays off the other media, while newspapers were more partisan and less powerful than before. This was the most stage-managed election ever which reflected the reluctance of the main parties to have an open debate with the public about the big issues. This was a presentation at the LSE's election night briefing evening on 7.5.15
Electioneering in Pandemic Times: The 2022 Australian Federal Election on Fac...Axel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Daniel Angus, Timothy Graham, Ehsan Dehghan, Nadia Jude, and Phoebe Matich, presented at the AoIR 2022 conference, Dublin, 3 Nov. 2022.
ECSM2014: Using Social Media To Inform Policy Making: To whom are we listenin...Miriam Fernandez
This document analyzes social media data related to policy topics collected from Twitter over a one week period. It finds that a small number of users, mainly news agencies and organizations, contribute the majority of content. The average user discussing policy on Twitter is more active than typical users. Discussion is geographically concentrated in regions with high population densities. A few topics, like privacy and minimum wage, received extensive discussion, while most topics were underrepresented. Sentiment analysis found that genetic engineering, immigration, and political donations received more negative sentiment, while privacy and fracking had more mixed positive and negative sentiment. The study is limited to one platform, language, time period and has scarce geo-location data for tweets.
Identifying the Symptoms of Destructive PolarisationAxel Bruns
This document discusses research into destructive political polarization. It presents a project studying polarization across multiple countries over time using various online data sources. Five symptoms of destructive polarization are identified: breakdown of communication, discrediting information, erasure of complexities, disproportionate attention to extremes, and exclusion through emotions. A referendum in Australia on an Indigenous Voice is used as a case study, and analysis of social media content around it reveals examples of several symptoms, including extreme views receiving attention and complex issues being oversimplified. Further research perspectives are discussed, such as more systematically diagnosing symptoms and evaluating polarization across different forms and platforms.
What Is Lost When Twitter Is Lost? Reflections on the Impending Death of a Pl...Axel Bruns
The document discusses the rise and fall of Twitter as a social media platform. It describes how Twitter started as a niche platform that gained widespread popularity for connecting communities and sharing news in real-time using hashtags. However, over time Twitter struggled with inconsistent management, a slow response to misinformation and harassment, and changes that disrupted the third-party development community. After Elon Musk's acquisition, he laid off much of Twitter's staff and promoted policies that led to increased confusion, chaos and the spread of disinformation, contributing to Twitter's decline.
What Is Lost When Twitter Is Lost? Reflections on the Impending Death of a Pl...Axel Bruns
This document summarizes the rise and fall of the Twitter platform. It describes how Twitter started as a niche site in 2006 but grew to be an important platform for news, communities, and public discourse. However, inconsistent management and slow responses to challenges like misinformation contributed to its decline. Elon Musk's chaotic leadership after acquiring Twitter in 2022 accelerated this, through mass layoffs, attacks on content moderation, and promotion of disinformation, further undermining the role Twitter once played.
Types of Polarisation and Their Operationalisation in Digital and Social Medi...Axel Bruns
This document discusses types of polarization that can be studied in digital media, including micro, meso, and macro levels as well as issue-based, ideological, affective, perceived, and interactional forms. It describes a research project studying drivers of partisanship and polarization across multiple countries over time using digital methods like topic modeling, sentiment analysis, and network analysis. Examples are given of analyzing polarization on topics like climate change on Twitter and political rhetoric on Facebook. Finally, it outlines perspectives on further defining symptoms of dysfunctional polarization and developing more systematic diagnostic approaches.
Determining the Drivers and Dynamics of Partisanship and Polarisation in Onli...Axel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Katharina Esau, Tariq Choucair, Sebastian Svegaard, and Samantha Vilkins, presented at the ECREA Political Communication conference in Berlin, 1 Sep. 2023.
Towards a New Empiricism: Polarisation across Four DimensionsAxel Bruns
Paper by Axel Bruns, Tariq Choucair, Katharina Esau, Sebastian Svegaard, and Samantha Vilkins, presented at the IAMCR 2023 conference, Lyon, 9-13 July 2023.
The Anatomy of Virality: How COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Spread across Socia...Axel Bruns
Keynote by Axel Bruns, with Edward Hurcombe and Stephen Harrington, presented at the International Center for Journalists' Empowering the Truth Summit, 23 Feb. 2023.
A Platform Policy Implementation Audit of Actions against Russia’s State-Cont...Axel Bruns
Paper by Sofya Glazunova, Anna Ryzhova, Axel Bruns, Silvia Ximena Montaña-Niño, Arista Beseler, and Ehsan Dehghan, presented at the International Communication Association conference, Toronto, 29 May 2023.
The Filter in Our (?) Heads: Digital Media and PolarisationAxel Bruns
Invited presentation in a seminar series organised by the Centre for Deliberative Democracy & Global Governance at the University of Canberra, the QUT Digital Media Research Centre, and the News and Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra.
Gatewatching 5: Weaponising Newssharing: ‘Fake News’ and Other MalinformationAxel Bruns
This document summarizes a research project analyzing the dissemination of problematic information on Facebook from 2016 to 2021. The researchers compiled a list of over 2,300 "fake news" domains and collected Facebook posts sharing links to those domains. They analyzed the link-sharing network between public Facebook pages/groups and domains, identifying clusters that commonly share the same domains. They also analyzed the on-sharing network between public Facebook spaces to identify communities with common interests spreading this information. The goal is to better understand the dynamics, themes, and networks involved in spreading problematic information at scale on social media over time.
Gatewatching 10: New(s) Publics in the Public SphereAxel Bruns
Lecture 10 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). New(s) Publics in the Public Sphere. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 8. Peter Lang.
Gatewatching 4: Random Acts of Gatewatching: Everyday Newssharing PracticesAxel Bruns
Lecture 4 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). Random Acts of Gatewatching: Everyday Newssharing Practices. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 4. Peter Lang.
Gatewatching 11: Echo Chambers? Filter Bubbles? Reviewing the EvidenceAxel Bruns
Lecture 11 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2022). Echo Chambers? Filter Bubbles? The Misleading Metaphors That Obscure the Real Problem. In M. Pérez-Escolar & J. M. Noguera-Vivo (Eds.), Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society (pp. 33–48). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109891-4
Gatewatching 1: Introduction: What’s So Different about Journalism Today?Axel Bruns
This document provides an introduction to a course on journalism in the digital age. It discusses how journalism has changed with new technologies and platforms, with both challenges and opportunities. The course will examine topics like citizen and social media, news curation, the spread of misinformation, and how journalists and news organizations are adapting. It will involve lectures, readings, and an final exam to assess students' understanding of the material presented throughout the semester.
Lecture 8 in the course From Gatekeeping to Gatewatching: News and Journalism in the Digital Age.
This lecture series addresses the continuing transformation of the production and consumption of journalism in the contemporary media environment. It provides a brief history of the impact of participatory online news production and engagement practices – from the first wave of citizen journalism to the social media platforms of today – on how news content is disseminated and experienced; examines reactive and proactive responses to these changes by news organisations and journalists; and explores the longer-term impact of these developments on the public sphere, touching on the power of social media platforms and their role in shaping their users’ information diets.
Readings are largely drawn from Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere (Bruns, 2018), with additional readings recommended for selected lectures.
Reading for this lecture:
Bruns, A. (2018). Hybrid News Coverage: Liveblogs. Gatewatching and News Curation: Journalism, Social Media, and the Public Sphere. Ch. 7. Peter Lang.
STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF HUZHOU TOURISMAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: Huzhou has rich tourism resources, as early as a considerable development since the reform and
opening up, especially in recent years, Huzhou tourism has ushered in a new period of development
opportunities. At present, Huzhou tourism has become one of the most characteristic tourist cities on the East
China tourism line. With the development of Huzhou City, the tourism industry has been further improved, and
the tourism degree of the whole city has further increased the transformation and upgrading of the tourism
industry. However, the development of tourism in Huzhou City still lags far behind the tourism development of
major cities in East China. This round of research mainly analyzes the current development of tourism in
Huzhou City, on the basis of analyzing the specific situation, pointed out that the current development of
Huzhou tourism problems, and then analyzes these problems one by one, and put forward some specific
solutions, so as to promote the further rapid development of tourism in Huzhou City.
KEYWORDS:Huzhou; Travel; Development
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Social Media in Selected Australian Federal and State Election Campaigns, 2010-15
1. Social Media in Selected
Australian Federal and State
Election Campaigns, 2010-15
Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield
Digital Media Research Centre
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
a.bruns | t.highfield @ qut.edu.au
@snurb_dot_info | @timhighfield
http://mappingonlinepublics.net/
2. INTRODUCTION:
(#)AUSPOL CONTEXT
• Australian politics recently (2007-2015) has been rather
turbulent (unprecedented) – six Prime Ministers in eight
years, including three (successful) internal party spills to
change sitting PMs
• Two-party dominated political landscape: Australian Labor
Party (ALP) – left-ish; Liberal and Liberal-National parties
(conservative); alongside minor parties (Greens, Palmer
United, Katter’s Australia Party)
• Compulsory voting at federal and state levels – encourages
increased awareness of political issues/actors?
• Popular politically-themed programming (Q&A especially)
and associated social media discussions further encourage
Australian political talk
3. INTRODUCTION:
(#)AUSPOL CONTEXT
• Digital media and Australian politics (including
electioneering)
– ~2007 campaign
• YouTube, MySpace, blogs
– 2010 campaign and beyond
• Twitter, Facebook
• Instagram, Vine…
• This paper draws together our research into Australian
elections and social media (primarily Twitter), at the federal
(2010, 2013) and state (Queensland – 2012, 2015;
Western Australia – 2013) levels
• None of these elections as the social media election, but
rather demonstrative of the changing practices and
patterns of social media use (and platforms) over time, by
politicians, journalists, and citizens alike
4. #AUSVOTES 2010:
NOT THE TWITTER ELECTION
• Very tight election (21 Aug. 2010):
– PM Gillard (ALP) vs. OL Abbott (Lib)
– No clear winner, ALP minority government formed
after two weeks
• Primary phase of Twitter adoption in Australia
completed:
– Substantial take-up by journalists and political junkies
– Some use by politicians, but still very limited in scope
and style
– Replication of Australian blogosphere’s political
faultlines
• But: significant limitation to netizen in-group
remains:
– #ausvotes debate strongly focussed on Internet
topics: not representative of wider debates
(cf.: Jean Burgess and Axel Bruns. “(Not)
the Twitter Election: The Dynamics of the
#ausvotes Conversation in Relation to the
Australian Media Ecology.” Journalism
Practice 6.3 (2012): 384-402. DOI:
10.1080/17512786.2012.663610.)
5. #AUSVOTES 2010: KEY THEMES
Internet Filter
National Broadband Network
Refugee Policy
Climate Change
Same-Sex Marriage
6. #QLDVOTES 2012:
THE TWEETING PREMIER
• Landslide election (24 Mar. 2012):
– Premier Bligh (ALP) vs. quasi-OL Newman (LNP)
– End result: 78:7 seats for LNP – gain of 44 seats
• Well-established national and state Twittersphere:
– Everyday uses beyond political junkies
– Queensland especially well developed following #qldfloods (2011)
• But: party campaigning strategies using social media still quite limited
– 80 of 430 candidates had Twitter accounts
– Anna Bligh’s @TheQldPremier fairly active (~17 tweets/day)
– LNP accounts very quiet: ‘small target’ strategy focussed on avoiding gaffes
– Campbell Newman’s short-lived @CD_Track experiment
– No correlation between Twitter activities around political accounts and eventual election outcomes
• Coordinated handover of Premier’s account:
– @TheQldPremier renamed to @annambligh
– LNP registers new @TheQldPremier account
Same name, but no transfer of followers
(cf.: Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield. “Political
Networks on Twitter: Tweeting the
Queensland State Election.” Information,
Communication & Society 16.5 (2013): 667-
91. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.782328.)
9. #WAVOTES 2013:
AVOIDING TRAPS
• Stable Liberal government (elected 2008), expected to maintain control in 2013
– First fixed term election in WA, with extended ‘phoney’ campaign from December 2012 to election period
proper in February 2013
• ALP and Greens primary voices online
– Social media to promote initiatives and policies (including transport plans)
• Liberal Party’s position in polls meant less need to engage with social media (which it had not
done extensively previously)
– no need to risk gaffes from (new) candidates, carefully managed media strategy
• Prominent accounts (leaders, issue-relevant spokespeople) subject of @mentions, even if not
official accounts (absent figures still sought out)
• #wavotes shows established patterns of election-related social
media activity
– #[x]votes hashtag
– general increase in hashtag use as campaign progresses
– spikes around debates, major spike on election day proper
(Cf.: Tim Highfield and Axel Bruns.
#wavotes: Tracking Candidates' Use of
Social Media in the 2013 Western
Australian State Election. Paper presented
at ANZCA 2013, 5 July 2013.)
10. #WAVOTES 2013:
TWITTER ≠ THE ELECTORATE
Greens
Nationals
ALP
Independents
Liberals
Interactions and @mentions between
candidate and party accounts, week
prior to election day
Liberal accounts increased tweeting
activity around election day but behind
ALP and Greens accounts in presence
and activity
11. #AUSVOTES 2013:
SAVING THE FURNITURE
• Landslide election (7 Sep. 2013):
– PM Rudd (ALP) vs. OL Abbott (Lib)
– End result: 90:55 seats for Lib/Nat – gain of 18 seats
• Fully established national Twittersphere:
– ~2.8 million identifiably Australian Twitter accounts
• Social media seen as part of mainstream campaigning tools:
– ~450 of 1,717 candidates have Twitter accounts, including almost all
frontbench politicians
– Rudd brought back as PM partly because he connects better with voters
through social media, but relatively quiet on Twitter during the campaign
– Particularly strong Twitter campaigning by local ALP candidates
– Strong doorknocking and social media
campaign by independent Cathy McGowan
(Indi), unseating Liberal frontbencher Sophie
Mirabella against the trend
(Cf.: Axel Bruns, Tim Highfield, and Theresa
Sauter. “#ausvotes Mark Two: Twitter in the 2013
Australian Federal Election.” Paper presented at
the Association of Internet Researchers
conference, Denver, 24 Oct. 2013.)
14. #QLDVOTES 2015:
UNDOING THE LANDSLIDE
• Another landslide election (31 Jan. 2015):
– Premier Newman (LNP) vs. OL Palaszczuk (ALP)
– End result: 44:42 seats for ALP – gain of 35 seats
– Minority government formed with support of independents
• Uneven campaigning:
– ALP campaign largely fought from outside parliament – no ‘small target’ strategy
– Many relatively unknown ALP candidates, very partial media coverage
– But also: saturated discussion about LNP government’s failures
• Social media have become standard campaign tools:
– 158 of 433 candidates have Twitter accounts
– Strong social media campaigning by rank-and-file ALP candidates
– But: still very unevenly distributed across candidates group
– May also match Queensland’s very uneven population / social media distribution
(Cf.: Axel Bruns. “#qldvotes: A Final Social Media Round-Up.”
Mapping Online Publics, 2 Feb. 2015.)
17. CONCLUSIONS
• Twitter in Australian elections:
– From Twitterati in-group to mainstream campaign tool
– No relation between candidate mentions and election outcomes
– ALP generally more active than Coalition (Lib / Nat / LNP)
– Coalition has yet to use social media effectively in a tight but winnable election
– Gradual shift of focus from leaders to rank-and-file (in ALP)
Discovery of social media for local campaigning?
• Australian contextual factors:
– Compulsory voting means focus on swinging middle, not voter mobilisation
– Small parties active on social media, but systematically disadvantaged
– Turbulent politics (6 PMs in 5 years) means few ‘normal’ campaigns in recent years
• Platform limitations:
– Gradual development of social media research tools and methods
– Difficult (so far) to replicate our approach for platforms other than Twitter
– Facebook campaigning might work differently – but strong local focus likely there, too
Next #ausvotes probably in mid-2016 – hoping to track Twitter and Facebook then
18. FOR MORE – COMING SOON:
Tim Highfield. Social Media and Everyday Politics. Cambridge:
Polity, 2016.
and
Tim Highfield and Axel Bruns. “Compulsory Voting, Encouraged
Tweeting? Australian Elections and Social Media.” In…
19. THE FULL COLLECTION:
Axel Bruns, Gunn Enli, Eli Skogerbø, Anders Olof Larsson and
Christian Christensen. The Routledge Companion to Social Media
and Politics. Basingstoke: Routledge, 2016.
Six continents. 37 chapters. 66 contributors. ~550 pages. #socmedpol