“Dancing with the Stars,” NBA Games, Politics: An Exploration of Twitter Users’ Response to Events

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 5

Volume

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

Poster Papers

Microblogging services such as Twitter offer great opportunities for analyzing the reactions of a wide audience with respect to current events. In this paper, we explore the correlation between types of user engagement and events centered around celebrities (e.g., personal or professional events involving Actors, Musicians, Politicians, Athletes).

10.1609/icwsm.v5i1.14193