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Social dynamics of Twitter usage in London, Paris, and New York City

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The penetration and use of social media services differs from city to city. This paper investigates the social dynamics of Twitter social media usage in three ethnically diverse cities — London, Paris, and New York City. We present a spatial analysis of Tweeting activity in the three cities, broken down by ethnicity and gender. We model the ethnic identity of Twitter users using their paired forenames and surnames. The geo–tagged Tweets provide an insight into the geography of their activity patterns across the three cities. The gender of each Twitter user is identified through classification of forenames, suggesting that, irrespective of the ethnic identity, the majority of Twitter users are male. Taken together, the results present a window on the activity patterns of different ethnic groups.

Source: First Monday

DOI: 10.5210/fm.v19i5.4820

Authors: Muhammad Adnan, Paul A. Longley, Shariq M. Khan

Institutions: University College London, Brunel University of London

Language: English

Topic: Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council