De Montfort University's Thom Corah provides an accessible overview of what social media is and how it can used. This is from our EPSRC Gooddeeds project
6. Twitter
Microblogging service – 140 character
limit
#CCLeic – hashtag, like a keyword or
subject
@PhoenixLeic – reference to a username
7. “Ideas spread more rapidly in densely
connected social networks. So tools that
increase the density of social connection
are instrumental to the changes that
spread”
- Stowe Boyd (following the “Twitter
Revolution” in Tunisia, Feb 2011)
10. Tunisia – most popular Tweets
Voice of Tunisia @Voiceoftunisia
Tunisians too early for congratulations, we did not succeed yet.
power is still in the corrupt RCD party. #sidibouzid #tunisia
#jasminrevolt
6:53 PM - 14 Jan 2011
Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy
Every #Arab leader is watching #Tunisia in fear. Every Arab citizen
is watching Tunisia in hope and solidarity. #Sidibouzid.
6:39 PM - 13 Jan 2011
BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking
Tunisia's President Ben Ali steps down amid ongoing protests and
leaves the country
5:52 PM - 14 Jan 2011
11. Tunisia
#tunisia peaked at 28 tweets per second
Total tweets mentioning Tunisia – 196k
Appeared in Twitter streams 329m times
Reaching 26m Twitter users
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