Comments on: An Anthropological Look at Twitter and Social Media

By: @anthrodigital

@anthrodigital — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:37:22 +0000

Another excellent post from Microgeist! I’ve recently started a blog which is aimed at understanding online communities and conversations (social media) through an anthropological perspective. I would welcome your comments and thoughts at http://www.webanthropologist.com. In regard to the comments about Twitter and status, I’ve just written a blog about measuring influence in Twitter now that there are growing niche communities within this platform. It may interest other readers of this blog. http://webanthropologist.com/2009/08/13/the-tribalisation-of-twitter/

By: admin

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:01:57 +0000

Interesting point, we now have a real time record of conversation about current events. Previously historical documents were only newspapers or various authorities but rarely from the mouths of those directly affected.

By: Dan @dgstl

Dan @dgstl — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:54:53 +0000

Ask Google, and you shall receive thy answer.

I skimmed an article Tweeted by @twitaddicted about Stanford researchers using Twitter to understand the public reaction or I call it zeitgeist or consciousness in a real time manner about the outbreak of Swine Flu as a possible pandemic.

My first reaction to researchers using this was, Twitter IS archeology/anthropology in real time. In the past we would have to ask people to fill out questionnaires, look through their trash or excavate their homes and businesses depending on how far back in time the we were looking. Today we have a unique opportunity to see our culture up close in a real time way.

I look forward to reading the research done by both “digital archeologists and anthropologists” on this subject.

Dan
@dgstl

By: @mobomedia

@mobomedia — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:19:42 +0000

It’s funny that no one has really put social media/relationship marketing into an anthropological context until no (or at least that I’ve seen).

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By: Deanna

Deanna — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:55:30 +0000

Thank you for your article. I have tried to apply an anthropological mind-set to understanding the context of a person’s Tweetdeck. Terribly insightful if the right tools and analysis are in place.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:33:09 +0000

My background is in world history, but my love of other social sciences knows no bounds. Your analysis offers such delightful insight simply by examining a phenomenon from the outside in, instead of the inside out perspective we inherit as a default when attempting to see things in the chaotic experiential present.

Thank you for the write up. It has left me all warm and fuzzy inside to witness some genuine quality thinking.

By: Ben Bradley

Ben Bradley — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:22:13 +0000

Love it. It puts social media into a different context and perhaps provides some direction for the graduate degree I’ve been contemplating.

By: Leslie Mehana

Leslie Mehana — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:46:01 +0000

NOW this all makes sense!

By: Roninja

Roninja — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:02:58 +0000

A wonderful article! I am social antropologist (too?) and thats exactly the way i am looking at social media (marketing), eventhough i could not explian it that well structures so far.
Microgeist, i will definitely use your article for better explaining now!
And I am looking foreward to read more from you! Thanx for this article!