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Will Twitter Decide the Next Federal Election?
Do you hear that hum? It comes in waves. When it’s most noticeable, it has the slightest rattling sound to it. Don’t worry. It’s not your hard drive. It’s the growing swarm of people buzzing about a possible spring election. Which means, journalists are checking in with their digitally engaged contacts to find out what [...] Read Post
The Oympics on Twitter – February 28
Twitter chatter continued to be dominated by posts about hockey on Sunday, as Canada beat Team U.S.A. 3-2 for the gold medal in last night’s game. There were 2,230 tweets mentioning hockey yesterday. The most commonly used hockey terms in …Read Post
The Olympics on Twitter – February 25
The national winter sport of Canada is hockey, and its Olympic athletes have taken to the rink this year and shown us why. The Canadian women’s team hit the ice in full force last night, beating out the U.S. 2-0 …Read Post
The Olympics on Twitter – February 24
Women took the gold as yesterday’s Olympics, at least in terms of Twitter mentions. Of yesterday’s 39,445 Olympic tweets pulled into the evolve24 system, 1,067 mentioned the term “women.” The majority of these tweets were original, personal opinion posts discussing …Read Post
The Olympics on Twitter – February 23
If you think the Internet is killing off television, you may want to take a look at the New York Times article, “Water-Cooler Effect: Internet Can Be TV’s Friend,” published yesterday. The article says this year’s Olympics are turning out …Read Post
The Olympics on Twitter – February 22
Yesterday’s Olympic tweet volume dropped to its low since the Feb. 12 Opening Ceremonies. Tweeters are keeping conversations going, however, with more than 38,000 posts yesterday. Since Feb. 12, 497,628 Olympic-related tweets have been posted. While ice dancing, curling, and …Read Post
The ‘Twitter Olympics’
Undoubtedly, social media has played a significant role in the countdown to the Opening Ceremonies for the host city Vancouver, official Olympic sponsors and of course the athletes themselves. However, since competition has begun, the global audience has been left …Read Post
The Olympics on Twitter – February 17
Gold medals galore! At least that’s what tweeters discussing the Winter Games are saying. Twitter talk continued Wednesday on the various events and athletes, now with a heavier focus on gold medal winners. The daily tweet count – which totaled …Read Post
The Olympics on Twitter – February 16
Twitter talk remains steady in volume and neutral in sentiment though conversation of late has turned to new topics. Tweeters are tuning in to events as they happen and are providing live coverage of events and posting general messages about …Read Post
An Olympic Experience in Your Hands
The following post was published to the Fleishman-Hillard Winter Games Connect blog earlier today. Much of the buzz surrounding the Winter Olympics in Vancouver this month has been on how different the media landscape is, especially with citizen journalism and social media driving much of the coverage. There is a groundswell though on the mobile [...] Read Post
