Conversations in the Eye of the Storm - At-Scale Features of Conversational Structure in a High-Tempo, High-Stakes Microblogging Environment

Explore a conference talk that delves into the analysis of Twitter conversations during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Examine a novel method for constructing @reply conversations to study social media interactions at scale. Learn about the temporality, relationality, and content of conversations during different phases of the disaster. Discover how people expand their online interactions during high-emergency periods, leading to longer and slower-paced conversations. Gain insights into the reliance on online relationships during times of great uncertainty. Understand how this research advances social media analysis beyond single posts to a fuller treatment of interactions in high-tempo, high-stakes microblogging environments.