My 2014 paper on computational politics. Big data; targeting; modeling; persuasion; experimentation; platforms. http://firstmonday.org/article/view/4901/4097 …pic.twitter.com/5ndhPq9cSA
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I absolutely wasn't the only person warning about any of this. We've been talking about this since 2010 or so—started after Obama 08.
So I don't buy the idea that we were all blindsided by 2016. Nobody can forecast exact futures—but the worrisome dynamics were identified.
Also a lot on platforms, censorship via info glut & mis/disinformation, etc. in my book written before the election. http://www.twitterandteargas.org
Also my 2013 paper trying to explain why *attention* is a key political resource no longer in mass media monopoly. http://technosociology.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Zeynep-Attention-Economy-and-MicroCelebrity-Activism.pdf …pic.twitter.com/TC1bJ4OSYb
My work is generally public, open-access or creative-commons. I believe academics—not just me, academics—bring something novel to the table.
Academics try to consider the good of the public in light of research & knowledge of history—and not to profit from it, but for public good.
Was the industry blindsided? Partly yes, and partly because being blindsided is so profitable for them & partly because of their worldview.
But were there many voices identifying the dynamics, warning people and making suggestions? Yes, yes and yes. Mostly academics but not just.
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