The refraction chamber: Twitter as sphere and network
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| Publication date | 2012 |
| Journal | First Monday |
| Volume | Issue number | 17 | 11 |
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| Abstract |
In this paper, we outline a study of the Twitter microblogging platform through a sample of French users. We discuss sampling methodology and compare three "issues" taken from the collected set of tweets. Based on the empirical findings we make a case for extending the notion of "information diffusion" to take into account questions of meaning, values, and ideology. We propose the concept of "refraction" to take a step toward this end. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v17i11.4199 |
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