Social Structure

Coverage of our report on the six basic types of social media network structures created with the Pew Internet Research Center has been extensive. Here is a round up of the articles we have found about the study.

Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Research Center was interviewed by Bob Garfield on OnTheMedia.

Washington Post: The six types of conversations on Twitter

San Francisco Chronicle: The six ways we interact on Twitter

RADIO WVXU Cincinnati – Ann Thompson

Fox News New York

Al Jazeera: Study maps Twitter’s information ecosystem

PBS NewsHour: Study uncovers six basic types of Twitter conversations

Des Moines Register: Twitter talk fits into 6 patterns, study finds

USAToday: Twitter talk fits into 6 patterns, study finds

NBC: Liberals, Conservatives Tweet in Partisan Bubbles, Study Says

CNET: Red state, blue state? On Twitter, never the twain shall meet

TIME: Who Are TV’s Biggest Fans? New Research Names Twitter Users With the Most Influence

Quartz: Turns out Twitter is even more politically polarized than you thought

Forbes: These Charts Show Why Political Debate On Twitter Is Pointless

Vator: Pew report: how we communicate on Twitter

Global News Canada: Study reveals six different types of conversations on Twitter

Live Science: The 6 types of Twitter conversations revealed

Seattle PI: The six ways we interact on Twitter

Associated Press: Pew maps Twitter chatter in new type of study, finds 6 types of conversations

Chicago Tribune: The 5 cliques of Twitter

Mashable: Your Twitter Conversations Fall Into One of These Six Categories

PC Magazine: Which Type of Twitter Conversationalist Are You? In a recent report, Pew Researchers explain the six regularly observed types of conversation on Twitter

NPR: Study: Conservatives And Liberals Rarely Debate On Twitter

Daily Mail: What type of tweeter are you? Researchers reveal there are just SIX types of tweet

The Diamond Back: Professor helps map social media connections

Your Social Media Conversation Is Like A Topographic Map

Media Post

Politico: How Twitter Works

University of Maryland: New Map of Twitterverse finds 6 types of networks

University of Georgia

GovTech

Wired.IT

Working together, the Pew Internet and American Life Project and the Social Media Research Foundation has published a report on the variations in social media crowd structures documented by network analysis and visualization of Twitter. The report is titled:

Mapping Twitter Topic Networks:
From Polarized Crowds to Community Clusters

The paper documents the distinct patterns of connection that emerge when people talk to one another using social media services like Twitter. The paper includes six network visualizations that clearly demonstrate the diverse ways people connect to people when using online tools.