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as a Structured Information System

INFuture2011 Information Sciences and e-Society Zagre b , 9-11 November 2011. as a Structured Information System. Dorja Mučnjak Aleksandra Pikić Library Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences U of Zagreb. Presentation plan. information and knowledge management social networking sites

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  1. INFuture2011 Information Sciences and e-Society Zagreb, 9-11 November 2011 as a Structured Information System Dorja Mučnjak Aleksandra Pikić Library Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences U of Zagreb

  2. Presentation plan • information and knowledge management • social networking sites • social network aggregation • Twitter • Twitter aggregators and directories INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  3. Information and knowledge management • knowledge society • data  information  knowledge • knowledge – interaction between people • ICT – tool, not resource INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  4. Social networking sites • Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter... • support social networks in real life • individual in centre  trust • low-cost & easy-to-use tools INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  5. SNS content structuralisation • publication of data • structuralisation of information • (re)production of knowledge INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  6. Twitter • microblogging service • 140-character posts – tweets • simple and straight-forward nature • SMS platforms (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry...) • third party programming INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  7. Three characteristics of Twitter • social networking site • follow(er) • link-sharing tool • pointing device • real-time view • trending topics algorithm • newest info immediately • search engine INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  8. Twitter - information system? • integrated set of components for • collecting • storing • processing • communicating information (Encyclopædia Britannica) INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  9. Twitter content structuralisation • community conventions • no program intervention • directories – lists • links organized in categories and subcategories • aggregators – tools • pull together info into a single location INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  10. Community conventions # (hashtag) • marks relevant keywords or topics • joins all tweets with the same topic • ex: searchbox: #keyword INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  11. @ (at) @Reply @username in the beginning addresses other user searchbox: to:username @Mentions @username anywhere mentions other user searchbox: @username Community conventions INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  12. Examples • Twitter • #INFuture2011 • to:librarything • @librarything INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  13. Twitter directories • Twitter accounts organized by certain criteria • Just Tweet It - subject • U.S. Air Force Academy INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  14. Twitter directories/aggregators • list users and collect tweets • politicians • politter.com – japanese politicians • TweetCommons – canadian politicians • TweetCongress – U.S. Congress • hashtags (#) • hashtags.org/ INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  15. automatically harvest tweets from different Twitter accounts on certain subject Europatweets – EU politicians Retailer Twitter Aggregation – U.S. retailers Twistori - emotions Twitter aggregators INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  16. directories list most popular users TwitterCounter Popularity counters INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  17. Newspapers • links shared on Twitter organized into a newspaper-style • Paper.li • content curation service • individual in centre – “people are the most qualified to curate the content” • Twitter, Facebook, Google+... INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  18. Conclusion • data  info  knowledge • SNS content needs structuralisation • Twitter • community conventions • directories, popularity counters • aggregators, newspapers INFuture2011 - Twitter as a Structured Information System

  19. THANK YOU!

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