Understanding the Social Consequences of Microblogging

• Main Authors: Qiu, L., LEUNG, Angela K.-Y., Tang, N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: blogging; affect; social consequences; communication; Communication; Higher Education; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1012
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Microblogging has recently become a new form of communication that is rapidly changing everyone’s life. Through services such as Twitter, millions of people can broadcast short messages to their followers via instant messaging, SMS, or web interfaces. However, few studies have been conducted to unde...