Updated 12 June 2013 I presented “Baby, We were Born to Tweet: #Springsteen, Concert Tweets, and an Emergent Transmediated Composing Community” at the 2013 Computers and Writing Conference. In it I discuss my large-scale study of Springsteen fans on Twitter in which I use grounded theory to analyze the data. My presentation was part of…
Many TV and radio pundits have mentioned that this is the first 9/11 anniversary for President Obama and are scrutinizing his every statement, bowed head, and solemn look. But this 8th anniversary of 9/11 also marks the first anniversary of the event on Twitter. Or, more correctly, it marks the first time when Twitter…