The refraction chamber: Twitter as sphere and network
Citation:
Rieder, B. (2012). “The refraction chamber: Twitter as sphere and network”. In
First Monday, November 2012, 17 (11). [online]: First Monday. Retrieved November 21, 2012 from http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4199/3359
Work data:
Type of work: Article (academic)
Categories:
e-DemocracyTags:
twitterAbstract:
In this paper, we outline a study of the Twitter microblogging platform through a sample of French users. We discuss sampling methodology and compare three “issues” taken from the collected set of tweets. Based on the empirical findings we make a case for extending the notion of “information diffusion” to take into account questions of meaning, values, and ideology. We propose the concept of “refraction” to take a step toward this end.
