What’s new in social media research? A quick guide through recent publications (2012-2013) for social scientists. March 4, 2014 General Online Research (GOR 14), Köln Dr. Katrin Weller, katrin.weller@gesis.org, @kwelle http://katrinweller.net

1. What’s new in social media research?
A quick guide through recent publications
(2012-2013) for social scientists
March 4, 2014
General Online Research (GOR 14), Köln
Dr. Katrin Weller, katrin.weller@gesis.org, @kwelle
http://katrinweller.net

2. Welcome!
Dr. Katrin Weller
GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences,
Data Archive for the Social Sciences
2006-2012: Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf,
PhD in Information Science.
Weller, K., Bruns, A., Burgess, J., Mahrt, M., & Puschmann, C. (Eds.) (2014).
Twitter and Society. New York et al.: Peter Lang.

3. Slides via: http://katrinweller.net/teaching/
Or: http://de.slideshare.net/katrinweller
Questions!

4. Outline of this workshop
Part 1: the story so far
Part 2: 2012-2013

5. Social media research –
some insights from bibliometrics
• Scopus
• Web of Science
• Google Scholar

6. 457,000
The story so far…
19,440
4,991

7. Scopus
•
•
21,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, 20,000 peerreviewed journals (including 2,600 open access journals), 390 trade publications,
370 book series, 5.5 million conference papers
(TITLE-ABS-KEY("social media") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY("social web") OR TITLE-ABSKEY("social software") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY("web 2.0")) AND PUBYEAR > 1999

8. Social media research 2000-today
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
No. of publications (Scopus)

9. Scopus: 2000-today by subject area
65
772
773
1535
10650; 36%
2151
2288
2384
5542; 19%
Computer Science
Social Sciences
Engineering
Medicine
Business, Management and Accounting
Mathematics
Arts and Humanities
Decision Sciences
Psychology
Nursing
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Health Professions
Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Physics and Astronomy
Materials Science
Multidisciplinary
Neuroscience
Immunology and Microbiology
Chemical Engineering
Veterinary
Dentistry
Chemistry
Energy

10. Scopus: 2000-today by country
Ireland
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Singapore
India
Greece
Japan
Austria
Finland
South Korea
Netherlands
Taiwan
France
Italy
Canada
Spain
China
Australia
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000

11. Scopus: 2000-today popular keywords
Social networking (online) (2,291)
Social networks (897), Social network (657)
User interfaces (1,007)
Web services (869)
Information systems (810)
Facebook (847)
Twitter (667)
Knowledge management (860)
Semantics(765), Semantic Web(669)
Information technology (639)
Communication(650)
E-learning (623),
Students(579)
Education(520)
Teachung (504)

12. Scopus: 2000-today popular keywords
Social networking (online) (2,291)
Social networks (897), Social network (657)
Facebook (847)
Twitter (667)
Microblogging(186)
Blogs(343), Blogging(324), Blog(161)
YouTube(273)
Wiki(192), Wikipedia(192)

13. WoS

14. WoS: 2000-today by year
WoS publications
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

15. Scopus and WoS: 2000-today by year
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
WoS
2000
Scopus
1500
1000
500
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

16. WoS: 2000-today by research areas
212;
5%
199;
4%
168; 4%
COMPUTER SCIENCE
1157; 24%
234; 5%
INFORMATION SCIENCE LIBRARY SCIENCE
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
328; 7%
COMMUNICATION
EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
ENGINEERING
492; 10%
PSYCHOLOGY
835; 17%
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES SERVICES
SOCIAL SCIENCES OTHER TOPICS
SOCIOLOGY
583; 12%
586; 12%

17. WoS: 2000-today by category
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
COMPUTER SCIENCE CYBERNETICS
NURSING
EDUCATION SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL
MEDICINE GENERAL INTERNAL
SOCIAL SCIENCES INTERDISCIPLINARY
OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PSYCHOLOGY MULTIDISCIPLINARY
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
COMPUTER SCIENCE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
SOCIOLOGY
ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC
COMPUTER SCIENCE THEORY METHODS
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
COMPUTER SCIENCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COMPUTER SCIENCE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
BUSINESS
EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
COMMUNICATION
COMPUTER SCIENCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION SCIENCE LIBRARY SCIENCE
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900

18. Google Scholar

19. Social sciences

20. Scopus: Social sciences 2000-today
5,542

21. Scopus: 2000-today
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
Scopus total
2000
Scopus social sciance
1500
1000
500
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
0

22. Scopus: 2000-today
Colombia
Nigeria
Hungary
Estonia
Mexico
Norway
Romania
Japan
South Africa
Portugal
Israel
Belgium
Switzerland
Ireland
Brazil
Malaysia
Denmark
Turkey
Austria
India
Greece
South Korea
Singapore
New Zealand
Hong Kong
France
Finland
Sweden
Taiwan
Italy
Netherlands
China
Germany
Canada
Spain
Australia
United Kingdom
United States
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000

23. Scopus: 2000-today
Editorial; 61; 1%
Conference Review;
53; 1%
Article in Book Chapter; 57; 1%
Press; 135;
2%
Review; 301; 5%
Note;
Short Survey; 36; 1%
37;
1% Letter; 10; 0% Erratum; 2; 0%
Book; 9; 0%
Conference Paper;
983; 18%
Article; 3858; 70%

24. Interdisciplinary field?
Dentistry
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Health Professions
Mathematics
Nursing
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Environmental Science
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Decision Sciences
Psychology
Medicine
Engineering
Arts and Humanities
Business, Management and Accounting
Computer Science
Social Sciences
Scopus: Social sciences
2000-today
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000

25. Scopus: 2000-today popular keywords
(social science)
Web 2.0(1,466)
Social media(1,364)
Internet(552)
World Wide Web(448)
Social networking (online)(300)
Students(277)
E-learning(275)
Facebook(248)
Teaching(226)
Information systems(213)
Twitter(210)
Human(199)
Humans(196)
Education(188)
Communication(179)
Social software(177)
Technology(177)
Article(172)
Social networking(170)
Social networks(167)
Social Media(166)
Engineering education(160)
Research(149)
Knowledge management(137)
Blogs(131)
Higher education(128)
Information technology(119)
Social network(119)
Web services(119)
Social Networks(101)
Learning(96)
User interfaces(96)
Collaborative learning(95)
Collaboration(94)
Websites(91)
Social networking sites(90)
Wiki(86)
Libraries(84)
Methodology(84)
Curricula(77)
Innovation(77)
Learning systems(74)
Marketing(74)
Blogging(73)
Design(71)
Male(71)
Academic libraries(70)
Virtual reality(70)
Female(68)
Privacy(68)

26. Top authors (all years)
10 or more papers:
•
•
•
•
Thomas Cochrane
Catherine McLoughlin
Denis Gillet
Axel Bruns

27. Top journals
(social science papers)
Cutting Edge Technologies in Higher Education
18th Americas Conference on Information Systems…
Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences
First Monday
New Media and Society
Proceedings of the Asist Annual Meeting
Profesional De La Informacion
Econtent
Public Relations Review
Information Communication and Society
0
20
40
60
80
100
120

28. Top cited papers (more than 100 citations)
Authors
Title
Year
Source title
Pag Pag
Vol
e
Cited
um Iss e
e ue start end by
The emerging Web 2.0 social software: An enabling suite of
Boulos, M.N.K., Wheeler, S. sociable technologies in health and health care education
Adamic, L., Adar, E.
How to search a social network
Health Information and
2007 Libraries Journal
24
2005 Social Networks
27
1
2 23
3 187 203
304
208
Greenhow, C., Robelia, B.,
Hughes, J.E.
Learning, teaching, and scholarship in a digital age: Web 2.0
and classroom research: What path should we take now?
2009 Educational Researcher 38
4 246 259
166
Xiang, Z., Gretzel, U.
Wheeler, S., Yeomans, P.,
Wheeler, D.
Role of social media in online travel information search
The good, the bad and the wiki: Evaluating studentgenerated content for collaborative learning
2010 Tourism Management 31
British Journal of
2008 Educational Technology 39
2 179 188
146
6 987 995
117
Waters, R.D., Burnett, E.,
Lamm, A., Lucas, J.
Engaging stakeholders through social networking: How
nonprofit organizations are using Facebook
Investigating faculty decisions to adopt Web 2.0
technologies: Theory and empirical tests
Production, Consumption, Prosumption: The nature of
capitalism in the age of the digital 'prosumer'
I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context
collapse, and the imagined audience
2009 Public Relations Review 35
Internet and Higher
2008 Education
11
Journal of Consumer
2010 Culture
10
2 102 106
116
2
71
80
114
1
13
36
113
2011 New Media and Society 13
1 114 133
111
2006 Webology
2
110
Ajjan, H., Hartshorne, R.
Ritzer, G., Jurgenson, N.
Marwick, A.E., Boyd, D.
Maness, J.M.
Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T.,
Grimes, J.M.
Beldarrain, Y.
Library 2.0 theory: Web 2.0 and its implications for libraries
Using ICTs to create a culture of transparency: Egovernment and social media as openness and anticorruption tools for societies
Distance education trends: Integrating new technologies to
foster student interaction and collaboration
3
Government
2010 Information Quarterly
27
3 264 271
109
2006 Distance Education
27
2 139 153
109

29. Top cited papers: topics
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Email analysis; Online communities; Small world experiment; Social networks
Classroom research; Computers and learning; Educational reform; Instructional
technologies; Research methodology; Technology
Internet marketing; Online tourism domain; Search engine; Social media; Travel
information search
Facebook; Nonprofit organizations; Social media; Social networking
Decomposed theory of planned behavior; Emerging technologies; Factor
analysis; Faculty adoption; Faculty perceptions; Web 2.0
Consumption; Facebook; Prosumption; Social networking sites; Web 2.0
audience; context; identity; micro-celebrity; self-presentation; social media;
Twitter
Blog; Library 2.0; Mashup; RSS; Social network; Streaming media; Tagging; Web
2.0; Wiki
E-government; ICT; Social media; Transparency

31. Social science papers in 2012
• 1237 papers (136% of 2011)
• Out of 4328 papers in all disciplines (29%).
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

32. Social science papers in 2013
• 1398 papers (113% of 2012).
• Out of 4689 papers in all disciplines (30%).
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

33. Interdisciplinarity
2012
2013
Environmental Science
Economics, Econometrics and…
Decision Sciences
Mathematics
Psychology
Economics, Econometrics and…
Engineering
Psychology
Medicine
Medicine
Decision Sciences
Engineering
Business, Management and…
Business, Management and…
Arts and Humanities
Arts and Humanities
Computer Science
Computer Science
Social Sciences
Social Sciences
0
500
1000
1500
0
500
1000
1500

34. Document types
2012
Conference
Editorial; 17;Review; 16; 1%
1%
Book Chapter;
19; 2%
Article in
Press; 7;
1%
2013
Note; 7; 1%
Book; 4; 0%
Letter; 2; 0%
Book Chapter;
19; 1%
Short Survey;
10; 1%
Editorial; 17;
1%
Review; 56; 4%
Conference Letter; 6; 0%
Review; 9; 1%
Note; 8; 1%
Book; 3; 0%
Erratum; 2; 0%
Article in Press;
91; 7%
Review;
94; 8%
Conference
Paper; 175;
14%
Conference
Paper; 112; 8%
Article; 896;
72%
Article; 1065;
76%

35. Countries (top 10)
2012
2013
Singapore
South Korea
Sweden
Sweden
Taiwan
China
Italy
Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Canada
Canada
Australia
Spain
Spain
Australia
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United States
United States
0
100
200
300
400
500
0
100
200
300
400
500
600

36. Countries (top 10)
2012
2013
Singapore
South Korea
Sweden
Sweden
Taiwan
China
Italy
Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Canada
Canada
Australia
Spain
Spain
Australia
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United States
United States
0
100
200
300
400
500
0
100
200
300
400
500
600

37. Top authors
(3 or more papers)
2012
AUTHOR NAME
Ritzer, G.
Arias, J.J.P.
Grensing-Pophal, L.
Vilas, A.F.
Bruns, A.
Kailanto, M.
Jurgenson, N.
Davis, K.
Lee, C.S.
Fuchs, C.
Alemu, G.
George, D.R.
Huhtamaki, J.
Liu, B.F.
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2013
Marttila, J.
Moreno, M.A.
Partridge, H.
Quan-Haase, A.
Rambe, P.
Redondo, R.P.D.
Ross, P.
Tebest, T.
Shah, C.
Sigala, M.
Silius, K.
Stevens, B.
Tervakari, A.M.
Waters, R.D.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Bruns, A.
Hajli, M.
Cochrane, T.
Mergel, I.
Stefanidis, A.
Williams, M.
Crooks, A.
Freberg, K.
Highfield, T.
Burnap, P.
Hawthorne, J.
Baro, E.E.
Ellison, N.B.
Edwards, A.
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Housley, W.
He, W.
McCorkindale, T.
Procter, R.
Radzikowski, J.
Gillet, D.
Sloan, L.
Stieglitz, S.
Thorson, K.
Valtonen, T.
Vergeer, M.
Vraga, E.K.
Wells, C.
Reddick, C.G.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

38. Topics 2012
(keywords used more than ten times)
Social media(418), Web 2.0(272), Internet(107), Social networking (online)(84),
Information systems(73), Social Media(72), Human(68), Humans(68), World Wide
Web(67), Facebook(62), Students(61), Article(57), Twitter(56), E-learning(50), Social
networks(45), Engineering education(43), Communication(38), Social network(35),
Research(34), Teaching(33), Social networking(31), Education(30), Methodology(30),
Female(29), Male(29), Social Networks(29), Higher education(27), Technology(26),
Information technology(25), Adult(24), Learning(21), Collaboration(20), Knowledge
management(20), Psychological aspect(20), Social networking sites(20), Academic
libraries(19), Collaborative learning(19), Social Networking(19), Websites(19),
Blogging(17), Learning systems(17), Marketing(17), United States(17), User-generated
content(17), Wiki(17), Blogs(16), Surveys(16), Innovation(15), Libraries(15), Mass
media(15), Social sciences computing(15), YouTube(15), New media(14), Privacy(14),
Public relations(14), University(14), Computer aided instruction(13), Content
analysis(13), Microblogging(13), Motivation(13), Public diplomacy(13), Student(13),
Universities(13), Egypt(12), Informal learning(12), Online learning(12), Social
movements(12), Young Adult(12), Blog(11), Canada(11), Data mining(11),
Democracy(11), GIS(11), Media role(11), Nursing education(11), Participation(11),
Personal learning environment(11), Social learning(11), Social software(11), Virtual
reality(11), Web services(11)

39. Topics 2013
(keywords used more than ten times)
Social media(512) , Web 2.0(171), Internet(134), Facebook(99), Twitter(96), Social
networking (online)(76), Communication(50), Social Media(50), Social network(49),
Human(47), World Wide Web(47), Humans(43), Article(36), Students(35), Social
networking(34), Social networks(34), Teaching(33), E-learning(28), Information
technology(27); Higher education(26), Politics(26), Education(24), Marketing(24),
Research(24), Technology(24), Mass media(23), Methodology(23), Male(22), Public
relations(22), Privacy(21), Female(20), Media role(20), Social networking sites(20),
Computer aided instruction(19), Academic libraries(18), Engineering education(18),
Knowledge management(18), United States(18), YouTube(18), Blog(17), Media(17),
Blogs(16), Collaboration(16), Industry(16), Libraries(16), Social software(16);
Websites(16), Wiki(16), Adult(15), Arab Spring(15), Commerce(15), Learning(15), New
media(15), Activism(14), Collaborative learning(13), Ethics(13), GIS(13), Gender(13),
Journalism(13), Participation(13), Youth(13), Blogging(12), Content Analysis(12), Data
mining(12), Interactivity(12), Library 2.0(12), Psychological aspect(12), Social
Networks(12), Surveys(12), China(11), Information systems(11), Political
participation(11), Tools(11), Web services(11)

40. pointless babble?

41. TOPICS

42. Hot Topic: Elections

43. Spotlight
2013: twitter and election
Twitter and elections (Scopus and Web of Science)
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

44. Year of
election
2008
Name of election
Country/region
40th Canadian General Election
Canada
No. of papers
(2013)
1
2009
European Parliament election, 2009
Europe
1
2009
German federal election, 2009
Germany
2
2010
2010 UK general election
United Kingdom
4
2010
South Korean local elections, 2010
South Korea
1
2010
Dutch general election, 2010
Netherlands
2
2010
Australian federal election, 2010
Australia
1
2010
Swedish general election, 2010
Sweden
1
2010
Midterm elections / United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 USA
4
2010
Gubernational elections: Georgia
USA
1
2010
Gubernational elections: Ohio
USA
1
2010
Gubernational elections: Rhode Island
USA
1
2010
Gubernational elections: Vermont
USA
1
2010
2010 superintendent elections
South Korea
1
2011
Baden-Württemberg state election, 2011
Germany
1
2011
Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2011
Germany
1
2011
Scottish parliament election 2011
Scotland
1
2011
Singapore’s 16th parliamentary General Election
Singapore
1
2011
Norwegian local elections, 2011
Norway
2
2011
2011 Danish parliamentary election
Denmark
2
Date of
election
14.10.200
8
07.06.200
9
27.09.200
9
06.05.201
0
02.06.201
0
09.06.201
0
21.08.201
0
19.09.201
0
02.11.201
0
02.11.201
0
02.11.201
0
02.11.201
0
02.11.201
0
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0
27.03.201
1
27.03.201
1
05.05.201
1
07.05.201
1
12.09.201
1
15.09.201
1

45. 2011
Scottish parliament election 2011
Scotland
1
2011
Singapore’s 16th parliamentary General Election
Singapore
1
2011
Norwegian local elections, 2011
Norway
2
2011
2011 Danish parliamentary election
Denmark
2
2011
Berlin state election, 2011
Germany
2
2011
Gubernational elections: West Virginia
USA
1
2011
Gubernational elections: Louisiana
USA
1
2011
Swiss federal election, 2011
Switzerland
1
2011
2011 Seoul mayoral elections
South Korea
1
2011
Gubernational eletions: Kentucky
USA
1
2011
Gubernational elections: Mississippi
USA
1
2011
Spanish national election 2011
Spain
1
2012
Queensland State election
Australia
1
2012
South Korean legislative election, 2012
South Korea
1
2012
French presidential election, 2012
France
2
2012
Mexican general election, 2012
Mexico
1
2012
USA
17
2012
United States presidential election, 2012 / United States House of
Representatives elections, 2012
South Korean presidential election, 2012
South Korea
2
2013
Ecuadorian general election, 2013
Ecuador
1
2013
Venezuelan presidential election, 2013
Venezuela
1
2013
Paraguayan general election, 2013
Paraguay
1
05.05.201
1
07.05.201
1
12.09.201
1
15.09.201
1
18.09.201
1
04.10.201
1
22.10.201
1
23.10.201
1
26.10.201
1
08.11.201
1
08.11.201
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20.11.201
1
24.03.201
2
11.04.201
2
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2
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2
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2
19.12.201
2
17.02.201
3
14.04.201
3
21.04.201
3

46. Spotlight
2013: twitter and election
No. of Tweets
No. Of publications (2013)
0-500
501-1.000
1.001-5.000
5.001-10.000
10.001-50.000
50.001-100.000
100.001-500.000
500.001-1.000.000.
1.000.001-5.000.000
mehr als 5.000.000
mehr als 100.000.000
mehr als 1.000.000.000
keine/ungenaue Angabe
3
4
1
1
7
4
5
3
3
3
1
1
13

47. Highly cited
Sweden:
• Larsson A.O., Moe H. (2012). Studying political microblogging: Twitter
users in the 2010 Swedish election campaign. New Media and Society,
14(5), 729-747.
• Jungherr A., Jurgens P., Schoen H. (2012). Why the pirate party won the
german election of 2009 or the trouble with predictions: A response to
tumasjan, A., sprenger, T. O., sander, P. G., & welpe, I. M. "predicting
elections with twitter: What 140 characters reveal about political
sentiment". Social Science Computer Review, 30(2), 229-234.

48. #egypt

49. #Egypt / Arab spring
Role of Facebook during #egypt?
• Tufekci Z., Wilson C. (2012). Social Media and the Decision to Participate in Political
Protest: observations From Tahrir Square. Journal of Communication, 62(2), 363379.
Newspapers vs. Social media
• Hamdy N., Gomaa E.H. (2012). Framing the Egyptian Uprising in Arabic Language
Newspapers and Social Media. Journal of Communication, 62(2), 195-211.

50. Activsm
#occupy:
• Juris J.S. (2012). Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social media, public space,
and emerging logics of aggregation. American Ethnologist, 39(2), 259-279.
Indonesia:
• Lim M. (2013). Many Clicks but Little Sticks: Social Media Activism in Indonesia.
Journal of Contemporary Asia, 43(4), 636-657.
Spain:
• Gonzalez-Bailon S., Borge-Holthoefer J., Moreno Y. (2013). Broadcasters and
Hidden Influentials in Online Protest Diffusion. American Behavioral Scientist,
57(7), 943-965.

51. eGovernment
Overview
• Bertot J.C., Jaeger P.T., Hansen D. (2012). The impact of polices on government social media
usage: Issues, challenges, and recommendations. Government Information Quarterly, 29(1),
30-40.
Citizen sourcing
• Nam T. (2012). Suggesting frameworks of citizen-sourcing via Government 2.0. Government
Information Quarterly, 29(1), 12-20.
EU
• Bonson E., Torres L., Royo S., Flores F. (2012). Local e-government 2.0: Social media and
corporate transparency in municipalities. Government Information Quarterly, 29(2). 123-132.
Mexico
• Picazo-Vela S., Gutierrez-Martinez I., Luna-Reyes L.F. (2012). Understanding risks, benefits,
and strategic alternatives of social media applications in the public sector. Government
Information Quarterly, 29(4), 504-511.
Social media use by government officials:
• Kavanaugh A.L., Fox E.A., Sheetz S.D., Yang S., Li L.T., Shoemaker D.J., Natsev A., Xie L. (2012).
Social media use by government: From the routine to the critical. Government Information
Quarterly, 29(4), 480-491.

52. Ethics / privacy

53. Ethics / privacy
Research ethics:
• Rooke B. (2013). Four Pillars of Internet Research Ethics with Web 2.0 Journal of
Academic Ethics, 11(4), 265-268.
• Boyd D., Crawford K. (2012). Critical questions for big data: Provocations for a
cultural, technological, and scholarly phenomenon. Information Communication
and Society, 15(5), 662-679.

54. Geo data

55. Geo-Information
Overview on new geo-data:
• Elwood S., Goodchild M.F., Sui D.Z. (2012). Researching Volunteered
Geographic Information: Spatial Data, Geographic Research, and New Social
Practice. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(3), 571-590.
Geo-spacial politics:
• Leszczynski A. (2012). Situating the geoweb in political economy. Progress in
Human Geography, 36(1), 72-89.
Twitter
• Leetaru K., Wang S., Cao G., Padmanabhan A., Shook E. (2013). Mapping the
global Twitter heartbeat: The geography of Twitter. First Monday, 18(5).

56. Trends?
Forecasting
Health care
Big data

57. Continuing
Learning / education
marketing
target audience / user
studies
Journalism / mass media

58. Disappearing?
crisis communication
metadata

59. Which platforms?

61. Facebook in case studies
Egypt
Students (impression management)
Education
Health (alcohol, tobacco, depression)
Protests
Sociality, connectivity
Cultural differences
Dating, intimacy, emotional disclosure
Customers
Games
African American users
Gender
Language use
Music industry

63. Twitter in case studies
Elections (prediction)
Public debate
Activism
Non-profit organizations
Journalists
Agenda setting
Government
E-learning, classroom, academic libraries
Individual pesonality
Literacy
Geo-corpora

65. YouTube in case studies
Government
Education
Medical education
Promotion, marketing (Tobacco marketing)
Libraries
Arab spring
Fan culture
Media economy
Politics
Online protests
Tourism

67. Blogs in case studies
eGovernment
Politics, Protests
Education (language education)
Music industry
Customers/ marketing
Travel, tourism
Journalism
Writers and audiences
Discursive analysis
Adolescent bloggers
Blogshops, art & design, creativity
Libraries
Blogs and podcasts
Health and daily life

69. Wikipedia in case studies
Education
Speech acts (language analysis)
Collaboration
Libraries

70. Which platforms?
600
500
Twitter
Facebook
400
YouTube
Blogs
300
Wikis
Foursquare
200
LinkedIn
MySpace
100
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

71. METHODS & TOOLS

72. Methods
Content analysis
Survey (interview)
(experiment)

73. Methods: interdisciplinary

74. TOOLS
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis

75. API: Application Programming Interface

77. GNIP

78. TOPSY

79. YourTwapperkeeper

80. NodeXL
Network Analysis
Based on Excel
Can collect data from (amongst others):
• Facebook
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Flickr
• Wikipedia
• If you can get data into excel, you can get it into NodeXL…

81. NodeXL

82. NodeXL

83. NodeXL
• NodeXLGraphGallery.org

84. Gephi

85. Content Analysis
CAQDAS Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysiS
– (e.g. MAXQDA, QDAMiner, ATLAS.ti, Qualrus, Nvivo)
– Speech Act Analyse
– Statistics
86

86. Digital Methods Initiative
• https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ToolDatabase

87. Sentiment Analysis
Dictionaries:
• ANEW

88. Trends?
• Images
• URLs
• Webometrics, e.g. Webometric Analyst
http://lexiurl.wlv.ac.uk/
• Multi-platform studies

89. Getting up to date?

90. If you want to read 5 papers
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Boyd D., Crawford K. (2012). Critical questions for big data: Provocations for a cultural,
technological, and scholarly phenomenon. Information Communication and Society, 15(5),
662-679.
Jungherr A., Jurgens P., Schoen H. (2012). Why the pirate party won the german election of
2009 or the trouble with predictions: A response to tumasjan, A., sprenger, T. O., sander, P.
G., & welpe, I. M. "predicting elections with twitter: What 140 characters reveal about
political sentiment". Social Science Computer Review, 30(2), 229-234.
Leetaru K., Wang S., Cao G., Padmanabhan A., Shook E. (2013). Mapping the global Twitter
heartbeat: The geography of Twitter. First Monday, 18(5).
Tufekci Z., Wilson C. (2012). Social Media and the Decision to Participate in Political Protest:
observations From Tahrir Square. Journal of Communication, 62(2), 363-379.
Bertot J.C., Jaeger P.T., Hansen D. (2012). The impact of polices on government social media
usage: Issues, challenges, and recommendations. Government Information Quarterly, 29(1),
30-4.

91. Questions?