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Twitter

National Park Twitter

Mining Twitter data may help National Parks staff gather feedback faster

Twitter and Renewable Energy

Twitter data may offer policy makers a glimpse into demand for renewable energy

Twitter Messaging for Cities

Followers may tune out when municipalities tweet too much

Twitter Watching

Audience size and comments may affect enjoyment of social television

Protests

Government regimes may be learning new Twitter tactics to quash dissent

Extremist

NSF grant to advance understanding of violent extremists’ online behavior

Twitter news

Can trust in social media news be improved?

Social media emergency response

Helping 911 call takers identify actionable information on Twitter

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Researchers to compare Twitter opinions on climate change with real-world views

Abstract structure

Teams sought to develop innovative research programs using Twitter data

Jared Yates Sexton, an associate professor of creative writing at Georgia Southern University, pictured.

Truth is stranger than fiction for creative writer Jared Yates Sexton

Twitter data used for crisis response

Improving disaster response through Twitter data

911 call center

IST researchers incorporate social media into emergency response

Doctoral student Fei Wu at Snapchat's headquarters in California.

IST grad students go social with internships at Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat

Emergency responders might be able to one day use Twitter to organize disaster recovery.

Can Twitter aid disaster response? New IST research examines how

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