Twitter Live

Solveig WhittleUWSMC 3

April 11, 2012

Twitter and Live Events

• Sports: Superbowl• Celebrities: Madonna• Art: Justin Timberlake• News/Journalism: Indonesian quake, Nikki Haley• Crime: Kenyan Police Chief• Conferences: #whereconf• Politics: Election night• Business: The stock market

Top Twitter Traffic Events

• Participatory: Castle in the Sky – 25,088 TPS• Sports: – Final moments of Superbowl XLVI – 10,245 TPS– Tebow OT touchdown pass – 9,420 TPS

• Gossip: – Madonna’s Superbowl halftime show – 10,245 TPS– Beyonce MTV Video Awards - 8,869 TPS

References• http://mashable.com/2012/02/06/super-bowl-tweets-per-second-records-game-madonna/#4712115-Jap

anese-Earthquake-and-Tsunami• http://wefollow.com/twitter/sports• http://allthingsd.com/20120205/a-super-social-bowl/• http://trendsmap.com/• http://prezi.com/b2kg2zzojjpg/twitter-impact-on-society/• http://www.computerweekly.com/photostory/2240110058/Photos-Top-10-world-events-that-became-Tw

itter-milestones/1/London-Riot-Cleanup#contentCompress• http://www.socialbrite.org/2011/09/30/12-step-guide-on-how-to-live-tweet-an-event/• http://on-the-edge-vancouver.com/blog/2009/05/live-tweeting/• http://www.shermanhealth.com/blog/health-news/sherman-hospitals-twitter-surgery-in-the-news• http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2009/06/how_twitter_imp.html• http://www.friendfeed.com• http://www.tweetchat.com• http://www.refinery29.com/flash-mob-in-miami• http://www.jeffbullas.com/2010/11/09/twitter-predicts-the-stock-market-study/http://• www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/sep/16/journalist-safety-mexico• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/9092988/Twitter-Chief-Kariuki-fights-crime-in-Kenya.html• http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/study-twitter-played-pivotal-role-in-arab-spring.ph• http://mashable.com/2011/09/20/troy-davis/• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/worst-twitter-pr-fails_n_844748.html#s264346&title=Sony_

PR_Rep• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/us/politics/false-nikki-haley-twitter-report-spreads-fast.html?_r=1

&ref=twitter• http://steveouting.com/2008/08/20/when-twitter-beats-local-news-outlets/• http://blog.twitter.com/2008/07/twitter-as-news-wire.html• http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/twitter-as-breaking-news-source/