... public interest in given research, affecting policies impacting the public’s lives in the real world, this topic warrants critical study and attention. Design/methodology/approach We used the Altmetric dataset in combination with data collected through the Twitter Application Programming Interface...

...María Isabel Alonso-Magdaleno; Jesús García-García Purpose The paper analyses the role and impact of Twitter in Spanish political communication, specifically focusing on how the platform influences the visibility and relevance of political candidates' messages during various election campaigns...

... on important issues faced during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and in China were examined through a comparative analysis. The authors used text clustering and visualization to mine public opinion on two popular social media platforms, Twitter and Weibo. From the perspectives of concern for privacy...

... important issues reflected on Twitter in the early stages of the public reaction to COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach A thematic analysis of the most retweeted English-language tweets mentioning COVID-19 during March 10–29, 2020. Findings The main themes identified for the 87 qualifying tweets...

...Jose Luis Ortega Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between dissemination of research papers on Twitter and its influence on research impact. Design/methodology/approach Four types of journal Twitter accounts (journal, owner, publisher and no Twitter account) were...

..., but it is unclear how. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper surveys an age-balanced sample of UK Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp image sharers with a range of exploratory questions about platform use, privacy, interactions, technology use and profile...

...Graeme Baxter; Rita Marcella; Mary O'Shea Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of Twitter by Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) for the provision of constituency-related information, or in support of their constituency service work. Design/methodology/approach...

...Dr Stefanie Haustein, Dr Cassidy R. Sugimoto and Dr Vincent Larivière; Timothy D Bowman Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that there were differences in the use of Twitter by professors at AAU schools. Affordance use differed between the personal and professional tweets of professors...

... is “good for teaching”, as it is assigned to papers which could be of interest to a wider circle of readers than the peers in a specialised area. One could expect papers with this tag to be mentioned more often on Facebook and Twitter than those without this tag. The results from regression models were...

...Myunggoon Choi; Yoonmo Sang; Han Woo Park Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a network analysis of Twitter discussions about Myung-Bak Lee, a former president of South Korea, to gain a better understanding of the dynamics of the public opinion exchange on Twitter. Design...

...Dr Axel Bruns and Dr Katrin Weller; David Gunnarsson Lorentzen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse relationships and communication between Twitter actors in Swedish political conversations. More specifically, the paper aims to identify the most prominent actors, among...

...Dr Axel Bruns and Dr Katrin Weller; Magdalena Bober Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it investigates the relationship between television, its audiences and Twitter around the creation of social TV events. Here it contributes to knowledge by charting usage in relation...

.... But, this does not suggest that social media promote homogeneous globalization. Rather, the local and its interactions with the global or regional views remain a powerful force in the realm of social media. The purpose of this paper is to take on the local/global factors in the social media service Twitter...

...Dr Axel Bruns and Dr Katrin Weller; Bente Kalsnes; Arne H. Krumsvik; Tanja Storsul Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how Twitter is used as a political backchannel and potential agenda setter during two televised political debates during the Norwegian election in 2011. The paper...

...Dr Axel Bruns and Dr Katrin Weller; Erik Borra; Bernhard Rieder Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce Digital Methods Initiative Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolset, a toolset for capturing and analyzing Twitter data. Instead of just presenting a technical paper detailing...

...Dr Axel Bruns and Dr Katrin Weller; Stefanie Haustein; Timothy D. Bowman; Kim Holmberg; Isabella Peters; Vincent Larivière Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the tweeting behavior of 37 astrophysicists on Twitter and compares their tweeting behavior with their publication behavior...

...Dr Axel Bruns and Dr Katrin Weller; Michael Zimmer; Nicholas John Proferes Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to engage in a systematic analysis of academic research that relies on the collection and use of Twitter data, creating topology of Twitter research that details the disciplines...

... Candidates Internet Social media Twitter Facebook Scotland In May 2011, the Scottish National Party (SNP) swept to power in the Scottish Parliament elections, winning 69 of the 129 available seats with a 45.4 per cent share of the constituency votes and a 44 per cent share of the regional votes...