TY - GEN
T1 - A sociotechnical view of information diffusion and social changes
T2 - International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012
AU - Oh, Onook
AU - Tahmasbi, Nargess
AU - Rao, H. Raghav
AU - de Vreede, Gert Jan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This research in progress study explores the role of Twitter during the 2011 Egypt revolution. Drawing on a research method of historians who investigated the role of print technology during the Protestant Reformation in Western Europe during the early 16th century, we explicate the socio-technical implications of information diffusion through retweeting during radical social changes. Through retweet analysis, we identify inseparable dynamics of (1) existence of a few opinion leaders, (2) a large number of supporting individuals, and (3) the emergence of attendant collective sensemaking process as a critical antecedent of radical social changes.
AB - This research in progress study explores the role of Twitter during the 2011 Egypt revolution. Drawing on a research method of historians who investigated the role of print technology during the Protestant Reformation in Western Europe during the early 16th century, we explicate the socio-technical implications of information diffusion through retweeting during radical social changes. Through retweet analysis, we identify inseparable dynamics of (1) existence of a few opinion leaders, (2) a large number of supporting individuals, and (3) the emergence of attendant collective sensemaking process as a critical antecedent of radical social changes.
KW - Collective sense-making
KW - Information diffusion
KW - Print technology
KW - Social changes
KW - Social media
KW - The 2011 egypt revolution
KW - Twitter
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84886547067
SN - 9781627486040
T3 - International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012
SP - 3686
EP - 3696
BT - International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012
Y2 - 16 December 2012 through 19 December 2012
ER -