Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way to go viral
22 June 2021Study of almost 3 million Facebook and Twitter posts from US media and politicians shows divisive posts dunking on opponents drive engagement on social media.
Celebrity Twitter accounts display ‘bot-like’ behaviour
02 August 2017‘Celebrity’ Twitter accounts – those with more than 10 million followers – display more bot-like behaviour than users with fewer followers, according to new research.
Welsh Twitter: capturing language change in real time
29 May 2013A database of Welsh tweets is being used to identify the characteristics of an evolving language.
Cambridge ranked ‘most visible’ on social networks
23 February 2012A ranking produced by Econsultancy has listed the University’s website as the most visible Russell Group website on some of the biggest social media networks.
The meaning of emoticons
13 October 2011The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new research.
Tweeting disasters
12 October 2011Social networks like Twitter cannot help prevent disasters, but can quickly correct misinformation resulting from false rumours preventing possible further loss of lives, a leading researcher will tell a public debate on 25th October at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas.
Come here often?
04 August 2011A new way of predicting which people may become friends on social networks - based on the type of places they visit - has been formulated by University of Cambridge researchers.
Neuro-tweets: #hashtagging the brain
06 May 2011We like to think the human brain is special, something different from other brains and information processing systems, but a Cambridge professor set out to test that assumption – by conducting a live experiment using Twitter.
