SLAV Publications and Journals - 0 views
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anonymous on 20 Oct 10Lots of great resources here
All that’s not to say that Twitter’s not incredibly useful as a data source
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Twitter, Accuracy & Journalism: Qantas QF32 Example - 0 views
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"Just as newsrooms were starting to stir with the rumoured explosion of a Qantas plane off Indonesia, and journalists began making calls to hotels on the island of Batam, Twitter was recording thousands of versions of what might have happened. "
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Some fascinating things to consider in this media article between informal twitter users and formal journalists as the social networking tide sweeps across the story to lift it gently onto the beach. What really happened, when and where is the real news?
Think twice before using Twitter as a data source » Nieman Journalism Lab - 0 views
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Just be aware of its limits and be careful about assuming what it produces represents any larger reality
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different versions of Twitter data can return different — sometimes even mutually contradictory — results
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"At Source, Jacob Harris notes that, as appealing as the Twitter API may be as a source of what-people-are-thinking data, it's hardly perfect. Twitter's demographics aren't representative of either Internet users as a whole or the broader population, and geocoding data is sparse and inconsistent. "
A NEW THINKING DIGITAL WEBSITE! | Thinking Digital Conference - 1 views
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