Past Talks

Detecting Twitter bots that share SoundCloud tracks
Detecting Twitter bots that share SoundCloud tracks

Work in progress paper presented at Social Media & Society 2018 in Copenhagen today. Developed in collaboration with my QUT DMRC colleagues; Axel Bruns, Felix Münch, Patrik Wikström and our friends at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany; Stefan Stieglitz, Florian Brachten, Björn Ross

Jul 20, 2018

Science advocacy in Australia: A Twitter analysis of #March4Science
Science advocacy in Australia: A Twitter analysis of #March4Science

Paper by Michelle Riedlinger and Brenda Moon presented at the Public Communication of Science & Technology Global Network conference 2018 (#pcst2018) in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Apr 6, 2018

Characterising Twitter reply chains in the Australian twittersphere
Characterising Twitter reply chains in the Australian twittersphere

Axel Bruns live blog of my talk From Snurblog - liveblog at AOIR2017: The next speaker in this AoIR 2017 is my DMRC colleague Brenda Moon, whose focus is on reply chains on Twitter. There are a number of ways in which replies are chained together, and in fact the term ‘reply tree’ may be preferable to ‘reply chains’: there may be many replies to the same original tweet only, or a long dyadic interaction over a series of tweets, or various permutations between these two extremes.

Oct 20, 2017

Identifying Bots in the Australian Twittersphere
Identifying Bots in the Australian Twittersphere

WIP Paper available here

Jul 31, 2017

Dynamics of a Scandal: The Centrelink Robodebt Affair on Twitter
Dynamics of a Scandal: The Centrelink Robodebt Affair on Twitter

Jul 4, 2017

Conversation about “The Conversation” in the Australian Twittersphere
Conversation about “The Conversation” in the Australian Twittersphere

Through the publication of articles written by scholars with editorial assistance from journalists, The Conversation website has become a major platform for the amplification of scholarly content, including the sciences. Founded in Australia in March 2011, they have now expanded to editions in Africa, France, United Kingdom, United States, and a Global edition. The Conversation actively encourages the sharing of articles on social media with share buttons for Email, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn at the top of each article and larger Twitter and Facebook share buttons at the bottom of the article. They also encourage republishing of the articles and provide a republish button to assist with republishing with proper attribution and acknowledgement of the original article.

Feb 23, 2017

The role of Indigenous humour to tackle racism: studying the Adam Goodes booing controversy on social media.
The role of Indigenous humour to tackle racism: studying the Adam Goodes booing controversy on social media.

http://crossroads2016.org/

Dec 17, 2016

Social Media in Australian Federal Elections: Comparing the 2013 and 2016 Campaigns
Social Media in Australian Federal Elections: Comparing the 2013 and 2016 Campaigns

Nov 12, 2016

Politics of tweeting, tweeting of politics: The uses of social media by state parliamentarians in Germany and Australia
Politics of tweeting, tweeting of politics: The uses of social media by state parliamentarians in Germany and Australia

Nov 12, 2016

A Topic Analysis Approach To Revealing Themes In The Australian Twittersphere
A Topic Analysis Approach To Revealing Themes In The Australian Twittersphere

Publication available here

Oct 8, 2016