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#ausvotes: The Australian Federal Election on Twitter, Week 3 27 Aug 2013 | 11:03 am
Well. Another week of the Australian federal election campaign has just, um, flown by – time, then, to take another look at how things played out on Twitter. I’ve taken slightly different approaches f...
#ausvotes: Twitter Activity across the Electorates 22 Aug 2013 | 11:12 am
Following on from yesterday’s update of overall Twitter activity patterns around Australian federal politicians’ and candidates’ accounts, here’s a slightly different look at the same data – and befor...
#ausvotes: The Australian Federal Election on Twitter, Week 2 21 Aug 2013 | 05:52 am
We’ve entered week three of the 2013 Australian federal election campaign, and current opinion polls still have the major parties within a few points of each other. Time, then, for an update on how th...
ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 28-32/2013 19 Aug 2013 | 04:11 am
Seeing as we’re mostly occupied with tracking the use of Twitter in the Australian federal election campaign, this is an ultra-brief update on our Australian Twitter News Index, but it’s one which des...
#ausvotes: Networks of Interaction on Twitter 16 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Earlier this week I posted the first of our analyses of how the Australian federal election campaign is unfolding on Twitter, based on our observation of the tweets from and @mentions of a large numbe...
#ausvotes: The Australian Federal Election on Twitter, Week 1 14 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
With the Australian federal election finally underway since the official announcement on 4 August, we’re once again tracking the performance the current members of parliament, election candidates, and...
Australian Reality TV on Twitter: A Two Horse Race 13 Aug 2013 | 07:54 am
Last weekend provided an opportunity to compare the three currently running Australian reality television series, and their social media presence, with Big Brother Showdown on Saturday night, and both...
Factcheck: Did Tony Abbott Buy Twitter Followers? 12 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm
This past Sunday evening, the first reports emerged of a rapid and unusual increase in the number of Twitter and Facebook followers for Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. An overall increase in...
Big Brother 15, West Coast Viewers & Guilt by Association 29 Jul 2013 | 11:32 am
Over at my own blog, I have been running an almost-daily series of posts looking at the current US reality series “Big Brother”, now in its 15th incarnation in the US (the 10th Australian series start...
ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, Weeks 20-27/2013 15 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
Once again, too much time has passed between ATNIX updates; I hope to return again soon at least to regular monthly posts, but for the moment, this will need to be another two-month update. Several ci...
