Politics

Social Media in the Media III: Uses

Social Media in the Media III: Uses

Theresa Sauter, 4 April 2013
In previous posts I outlined the details of a preliminary study we conducted on how social media are used as political tools and how this activity is portrayed in traditional media outlets. I provide an overview [...]

Social Media in the Media II: User Groups

Social Media in the Media II: User Groups

Theresa Sauter, 3 April 2013
In a previous post I introduced work we have been doing here at the CCI to contribute to an understanding of the way in which social media are portrayed as political tools in traditional media outlets. [...]

Social Media in the Media I: Comparing Social and Traditional Media

Social Media in the Media I: Comparing Social and Traditional Media

Theresa Sauter, 2 April 2013
One of the research projects some of us here at the CCI are currently involved in, in cooperation with researchers from California State University, Uppsala University, and the Universities of Oslo and Bergen, aims to apply [...]

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 10-11/2013

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 10-11/2013

Snurb, 23 March 2013
The latest fortnightly instalment of our Australian Twitter News Index arrives at the end of a tumultuous week in Australian politics, but of course whatever resonance the Labor leadership shenanigans have found on Twitter during the [...]

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 8-9/2013

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 8-9/2013

Snurb, 7 March 2013
I’m still struggling to return our Australian Twitter News Index to a weekly schedule – so for now, I’m afraid it remains condemned to a fortnightly existence. Hopefully this will  be able to change in coming [...]

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 5-7/2013

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 5-7/2013

Snurb, 21 February 2013
I’m afraid our Australian Twitter News Index still hasn’t quite returned to its normal weekly rhythm – so here is another multi-week round-up of how Twitter users shared links to Australian news sites. By now, we’ve [...]

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 1-4/2013

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 1-4/2013

Snurb, 1 February 2013
Our Australian Twitter News Index still hasn’t quite returned from holidays, so what follows in this post is another multi-week round-up, covering the four weeks of January 2013. We’ll get back into our regular rhythm soon, [...]

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index 2012 Round-Up

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index 2012 Round-Up

Snurb, 21 January 2013
My previous post rounded out our weekly observations of the ebbs and flows in Twitter newssharing during the second half of 2012. This means it’s time now to review the overall patterns which our Australian Twitter [...]

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 48-52/2012

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 48-52/2012

Snurb, 17 January 2013
The Australian Twitter News Index (ATNIX) took a break from weekly updates over the summer, but we’re spinning up again for 2013 now. Before we get to the most recent developments, though, it’s time to check [...]

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Week 47/2012

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Week 47/2012

Snurb, 28 November 2012
We start this week’s ATNIX with a brief detour – please bear with me, or just skip down to the next section if you’re only interested in this week’s results. The approach to researching the uses [...]