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Twitter, alcohol and wasted war stories : potted lessons in social media-based methodologies / Marc Cheong & Torgeir Aleti & Will Turner.

Av: Medverkande: Materialtyp: TextSerie: SAGE research methods. CasesUtgivningsuppgift: London : SAGE Publications, 2016Beskrivning: 1 online resource : illustrations (colour)Innehållstyp:
  • text
  • still image
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473953635 (ebook) :
Ämnen: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 362.292072 23
Library of Congress (LC) klassifikationskod:
  • HV5035
Onlineresurser: This case study summarises researchers' experiences using Twitter as a research tool. Specifically, that involved using Twitter for the identification, invitation and incentivisation of survey participants in a study of alcohol consumption among Australian Twitter users. In this 'auto-ethnographic research war story', the authors describe their discovery of four unexpected features of the Twitter ecosystem. These are rorting, service provision issues, risk-averse behaviour and Twitter users' community-based behaviour.
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This case study summarises researchers' experiences using Twitter as a research tool. Specifically, that involved using Twitter for the identification, invitation and incentivisation of survey participants in a study of alcohol consumption among Australian Twitter users. In this 'auto-ethnographic research war story', the authors describe their discovery of four unexpected features of the Twitter ecosystem. These are rorting, service provision issues, risk-averse behaviour and Twitter users' community-based behaviour.

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