Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France
Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from a niche service to a mass phenomenon; it has become instrumental for everyday communication as well as for political debates, crisis communication, marketing, and cultural participation. But the basic idea behind it has stayed the same: users may po...
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Peter Lang
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| description | Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from a niche service to a mass phenomenon; it has become instrumental for everyday communication as well as for political debates, crisis communication, marketing, and cultural participation. But the basic idea behind it has stayed the same: users may post short messages (tweets) of up to 140 characters and follow the updates posted by other users. Drawing on the experience of leading international Twitter researchers from a variety of disciplines and contexts, this is the first book to document the various notions and concepts of Twitter communication, providing a detailed and comprehensive overview of current research into the uses of Twitter. It also presents methods for analyzing Twitter data and outlines their practical application in different research contexts. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-339952023-02-13T08:01:34Z Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France Highfield, Tim Katrin Weller Axel Bruns Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from a niche service to a mass phenomenon; it has become instrumental for everyday communication as well as for political debates, crisis communication, marketing, and cultural participation. But the basic idea behind it has stayed the same: users may post short messages (tweets) of up to 140 characters and follow the updates posted by other users. Drawing on the experience of leading international Twitter researchers from a variety of disciplines and contexts, this is the first book to document the various notions and concepts of Twitter communication, providing a detailed and comprehensive overview of current research into the uses of Twitter. It also presents methods for analyzing Twitter data and outlines their practical application in different research contexts. 2013 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33995 Peter Lang restricted |
| spellingShingle | Highfield, Tim Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France |
| title | Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France |
| title_full | Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France |
| title_fullStr | Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France |
| title_full_unstemmed | Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France |
| title_short | Following the Yellow Jersey: Tweeting the Tour de France |
| title_sort | following the yellow jersey: tweeting the tour de france |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33995 |