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Journalism: Twitter

This guide supports students in COM 360, COM 361, and anyone trying to locate information available through the Deep/Invisible Web.

Twitter Verified

Some Twitter accounts display a blue Verified Badge on their Twitter bio. A Verified Badge = A Verified Account.

Twitter uses this to establish authenticity of well known accounts so users can trust that a legitimate source is authoring their Tweets.

Searching Twitter

50 Ways to Search Twitter
Basic Twitter Search
Advanced Twitter Search
from Twitter. Help using Advanced Search
filta
people search.
USA Gov
"We help you discover official U.S. government information and services on the Internet. Retweets or follows don't equal endorsement."
twurly
daily email of links from your twitter feed.
Suggestions from Mandy Jenkins from newstrain
91 Free Twitter Tools and Apps to Fit Any Need

Hashtags

RiteTag
"RiteTag identifies hashtags that got results and leads you to use them more, continually refining your smart-tagging."
tagboard
"uses hashtags to search for and collect public social media within seconds of being posted to networks like Twitter and Facebook, just to name a few."
Hashtagify.me
Search the Hashtags Encyclopedia for free.

Trending Topics

Trendsmap
real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world.
iTrended
First trend report is free.
trends24
top trending topics from around the world.
twitterfall
real-time falling visual listing of tweets mentioning your search term. Slows down tweets during a crisis so you can read them as they come in.

Analytics

Daily 140
"Get a daily email with the most recent follows and favorites of five Twitter users of your choice."
twitonomy
anaytics and monitoring tool. basic account is free.
Social Bearing
Twitter search & analytics for tweets, timelines, twitter maps, and more.
Twitter Analytics
from Twitter.

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