Archive for the ‘Twitter’ Category

The 25 most influential news media on Twitter

In: Twitter|interactive journalism|internet|journalism

3 Sep 2010

Here is a visualisation of the top 25 most influential news media accounts on Twitter, based on the number of followers. It is based on a list of the 100 most influential accounts, produced by Cornell University PhD student Daniel Romero. There is more to influence on Twitter than the number of followers, as a [...]

Richard Stursberg leaving CBC tops Twitter trends

In: CBC|Canada|Twitter|journalism

6 Aug 2010

The surprise news that the head of CBC English services, Richard Stursberg, was leaving his post dominated Twitter in Canada on Friday. Within hours of the official announcement, Richard Stursberg was the top trending topic in the country. The news of the immediate change at the top of CBC provoked more of a discussion on [...]

AEJMC: Teaching social media in the classroom

In: AEJMC|Twitter|academics|internet|journalism|social media

4 Aug 2010

At the AEJMC conference, Serena Carpenter of Arizona State talked about her experiences in teaching social media. She only spends between 6 to 8 hours teaching social media but tries to weave it into other parts of the course. Her main areas of focus are blogging, Twitter and reputation management. Carpenter said students tend to [...]

Twitter used to map mood of the US

In: Twitter|innovation|internet|social media

29 Jul 2010

US researchers at Northeastern University, Boston, have shown the potential value of the millions of messages on Twitter. They created a Twitter Mood Map to measure the mood in the country. The research highlights how information can be derived by aggregating and analysing the millions of tweets. Researcher Sume Lehmann explains: Even though individual tweets are [...]

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Teaching Twitter in journalism schools

In: Twitter|academics|innovation|journalism|social media

7 Jul 2010

The World Journalism Education Congress is taking place in South Africa with the theme of “Journalism education in an age of radical change.” Unfortunately I could not attend but I am following the sessions on the conference’s site and through the Twitter hashtag #WJEC2. One of the areas of discussion is the place of social [...]

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