representation and communication, pecha kucha

Representation and Communication

Mattias RostUniversity of Glasgow

Based onRost, M., Barkhuus, L., Cramer, H. and Brown, B. (2013) Representation and Communication: Challenges in

interpreting large social media datasets. In proceedings of CSCW’13.

Representation and Communication

Mattias RostUniversity of Glasgow

Based onRost, M., Barkhuus, L., Cramer, H. and Brown, B. (2013) Representation and Communication: Challenges in

interpreting large social media datasets. In proceedings of CSCW’13.

Social Networks

Analysis

Representation?

Communication Systems

Location sharing

Justin Bieber’s heart

Locations in tweets?

Foursquare

Data

Top venues

# Check-ins Venue1 26,159 Siam Paragon (shopping mall), Bangkok2 18,140 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), US3 17,224 MoMA Museum of modern art, NY4 16,878 John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)5 16,804 NBC Studio 1A Today Show, NY, US6 16,564 Madison Square Garden, NY, US7 16,404 Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Int. Airport, US8 15,967 San Francisco International Airport, US9 15,239 Chicago O'Hare International Airport, US

10 12,460 New York Penn Station, NY, US

#3 MoMA =2.5M check-ins#7 ATL = 7M check-ins

Shared experiences

“Snowpocalypse”

!

Manhattan

Boston

!

Foursquare phenomenon

...

Communication!