Title Twitter, alcohol and wasted war stories : potted lessons in social media-based methodologies / Marc Cheong & Torgeir Aleti & Will Turner

Published [Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2016

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (colour) Series SAGE research methods. Cases SAGE research methods. Cases Summary This case study summarises researchers' experiences using Twitter as a research tool. Specifically, that involved using Twitter for the identification, invitation and incentivisation of survey participants in a study of alcohol consumption among Australian Twitter users. In this 'auto-ethnographic research war story', the authors describe their discovery of four unexpected features of the Twitter ecosystem. These are rorting, service provision issues, risk-averse behaviour and Twitter users' community-based behaviour Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 3, 2015) SUBJECT Twitter http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009031956 -- Research http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006576 -- Case studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001484 Subject Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Research -- Australia -- Case studies. Social surveys -- Case studies. Genre/Form Case studies. Case studies. Form Electronic book Author Aleti, Torgeir, author Turner, Will, author ISBN 1473953634 (ebook) 9781473953635 (ebook)

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