First Monday · 2010 · 123 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesCommunicationInformation SystemsCommunication TheoryMedia StudiesMedia TheoryClassificationNew MediaSocial MediaSocial Media CommunicationTextual AnalysisContent ClassificationContent-based ClassificationGrounded Theory AnalysisGrounded Theory InterviewingReal-world ApplicationService By Social MediaText CategorizationText Classification
This paper delivers a new Twitter content classification framework based sixteen existing Twitter studies and a grounded theory analysis of a personal Twitter history. It expands the existing understanding of Twitter as a multifunction tool for personal, profession, commercial and phatic communications with a split level classification scheme that offers broad categorization and specific sub categories for deeper insight into the real world application of the service.