New Article on Twitter and Journalism in Australia

I’m please to say that a new article of mine has been published in Media International Australia (which means I’ve now had articles in consecutive MIA issues…). The issue in question, on “The ‘New’ News”, was edited by my QUT colleagues Stephen Harrington and Brian McNair, and looks like a bumper collection of exciting work …

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Week 36/2012

I think I’m running out of snappy opening lines for ATNIX posts – and I’m not sure this one particularly deserves one, either: it’s a pretty average week, as we’ll see in a minute. In fact, as overall patterns go, you’d be hard-pressed to see any significant differences between the news sharing patterns for this …

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Week 35/2012

After the somewhat delayed Australian Twitter News Index for week 34, this week’s edition is significantly more timely – though it must be said that after the two very exciting weeks we’ve had, week 35 turns out considerably more sedate. For the moment, at least, it looks like we’re more or less back to normal… …

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Week 34/2012

It’s been another stupidly busy week for me, I’m afraid, so ATNIX 34/2012 is running a little late once again. So, let’s jump right in and see whether this week can measure up to the high drama we saw last time around. Standard background information: this analysis is based on tracking all tweets which contain …

Call for Applicants: PhD Researcher on Crisis Communication Linkage Project

Regular visitors to this site will be well familiar with our research into the use of social media in crisis communication – especially in the context of the 2011 Queensland floods and Christchurch earthquakes. We’re now about to commence a further major research project in this area, working in collaboration with the Queensland Department of …

CoSCI Keynote Video and New Article on Twitter and Journalism

At the start of the month, Jean and I had the pleasure of presenting a keynote at the Conference on Science and the Internet, organised by our ATN-DAAD research partners in Düsseldorf. I’m happy to report that videos of all three keynotes are now available on the CoSCI site – in particular, also check out …

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Week 33/2012

Last week I complained about things getting boring – ATNIX for week 32 came in right on average, and had very few surprises. I finished by hoping that week 33 would turn out a little more exciting – and it looks like I got my wish. This week’s edition is positively buzzing with unusual stories …

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Week 32/2012

So, we’re back to our usual schedule for the Australian Twitter news circulation index, at least for now – here are the results for the past week – which, let’s note, was also the last week of the London Olympics, and so presented the final opportunity for Australian rights licencee nineMSN or any rival news …

ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Week 31/2012

No, I haven’t forgotten about ATNIX this week – but a less than straightforward homeward trip and a bad cold have conspired against my getting the results for week 31 (30 July – 5 August) out any earlier. But, better late, than never, here they are, hopefully to be followed by ATNIX 32/2012 in a …

A Collection of Presentations on Twitter Research Methods

Over the past month, my colleagues Jean Burgess, Tim Highfield, Tanya Nitins and I have been travelling through Europe in various combinations to participate in workshops and conferences which address some of the key themes of our research – methodological innovation in social media research, and the role of Twitter in the wider media ecology. …