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15 Fascinating Ways to Track Twitter Trends One of the great things about TwitterTwitter reviews is that it is a great place to track emerging trends. When major events or big stories occur, people tweet about it and it inevitably ends up at the top of Twitter Search as a top trend. There are a wide variety of web applications, Twitter accounts, and even iPhone apps that can help people do everything from track popular hashtags to graph out recent Twitter trends. Web-based Applications 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Twitter Accounts 8. twithority: Twithority is an easy way to have the most recent Twitter trends tweeted to you. 9. 10. 11. gtrend: gtrend is short for "Google Trend." iPhone Apps 12. 13.
Data & Society — The Promises, Challenges, and Futures of Media Literacy Contemporary media literacy programs–commonly organized around the five main themes of youth participation, teacher training and curricular resources, parental support, policy initiatives, and evidence base construction–have demonstrated positive outcomes, particularly in the case of rapid responses to breaking news events, connecting critical thinking with behavior change, and evaluating partisan content. However, media literacy efforts continue to struggle with a lack of comprehensive evaluation data, with some research showing programs can have little-to-no impact for certain materials, or even lead to harmful overconfidence in assessing media content. Report authors Monica Bulger and Patrick Davison make five recommendations to guide the future of media literacy programming for educators, legislators, technologists, and philanthropists in the space.
Neighbors Online How Americans learn about community issues Overview Americans use a range of approaches to keep informed about what is happening in their communities and online activities have been added to the mix. Face-to-face encounters and phone calls remain the most frequent methods of interaction with neighbors. In a poll conducted at the end of last year, we asked about online connections to communities and neighbors and found that in the twelve months preceding our survey: 22% of all adults (representing 28% of internet users) signed up to receive alerts about local issues (such as traffic, school events, weather warnings or crime alerts) via email or text messaging. 20% of all adults (27% of internet users) used digital tools to talk to their neighbors and keep informed about community issues. Overall, physical personal encounters remain the primary way people stay informed about community issues. Who knows who in neighborhoods and how neighbors interact Face-to-face Telephone Email Community blogs
Do Chinese Still Read Late at Night Nowadays? On the occasion of the World Book Day on April 23, China Press and Publication Institute announced the results of the Ninth National Reading Survey: nearly 60 percent of Chinese people said that they do not read too much. The popular advertising slogan that “book is not for reading but for collection" seems to have become a true portrayal of the reading nowadays. Although there are many reasons for the decreased ratio of the number of people to read, it is certainly not a good thing for a country that most people do not want to read because people should not give up their desire for the knowledge and civilization and lose the ability of learning and thinking at any time. First, people do not read. Second, there are no books worth reading. Third, people are too poor to read. To read or not to read is a personal choice, but it relates to the quality of the whole nation. Editor: Shi Liwei
Busuu got smarter with the MyBusuu Study Guide Busuu launched a new interesting feature for their premium subscribers last week, called the MyBusuu Study Guide. This feature is developed in partnership with the Salzburg Research Institute and lets students set their personal study goals and track the progress over time. Also, the tests at the end of each section got a refresh and will now adapt the questions to the mistakes the learner had made during the sections. I think, this is again a very clever move of the Busuu team. Busuu’s new system is covering most of those issues plus it provides the learner with a certification at the end of each section. Therefore, building this system with a respected institution like Salzburg Research can be only beneficial for everyone involved as it adds credibility to the score. With MyBusuu you can: Another interesting aspect is the sharing feature that allows students to share their personal goals with their social graph on Twitter and Facebook. Related Links:
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Research on Twitter and Microblogging (last updated: October 30, 2009) (updates w/ complete citation and links should be sent to zephoria [@] zephoria.org) (There is some overlap between this listing and the listing of Research on Social Network Sites.) The research contained below is focused specifically on Twitter and other microblogging phenomena. I try to keep this up to date so please send me additional publications as you learn of them. Peer-Reviewed Articles: Barnes, Stuart J., Martin Böhringer, Christian Kurze and Jacqueline Stietzel. Barnes, Stuart J. and Martin Böhringer (2009). Böhringer, Martin and Alexander Richter (2009). boyd, danah, Scott Golder, and Gilad Lotan. Crawford, Kate. Ebner, Martin and Mandy Schiefner. (2008). Gilpin, Dawn R. Honeycutt, C., and Herring, Susan C. (2009). Hughes, Amanda Lee and Leysia Palen. (2009). Jansen, Bernard, Mimi Zhang, Kate Sobel, and Abdur Chowdury. (2009). Java, Akshay, Xiaodan Song, Tim Finin and Belle Tseng (2007). McNely, B. (2009). Miller, Vincent. (2008).
Survey: half of Chinese only read 'a little' - China Watch - China Forum ... ontent_15117880.htm Only 1.2 percent of the Chinese people surveyed say they read a lot and 50.7 percent say they read a little according to the newly published National Reading Survey conducted in 2011. Among the respondents, 21.2 percent say they are satisfied with their reading volume, another 20.9 percent are not satisfied and the remaining 57.9 percent have moderate feelings towards their reading volume, according to the survey published by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication on April 19. As to reading platforms, 38.6 percent read on digital instruments including computers, mobile phones, E-book appliances, and discs, which is a 17.7 percent increase compared to 2010. Among them, 41.8 percent accept paying for downloaded materials. Respondents approve of a digital book costing 3.5 yuan ($0.55) on average. 29.9 percent of Chinese read online and 27.6 percent read on mobile phones in 2011, both witnessing an increase compared to 2010.
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