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ERIC Number: EJ1346926
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 36
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ISSN: ISSN-1932-202X
EISSN: EISSN-2162-9536
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Influencers and Major Themes in a Gifted Education Community of Practice on Twitter
Miller, Erin Morris; Jolly, Jennifer L.; Latz, Jacqueline N.; Listman, Kelsi
Journal of Advanced Academics, v33 n3 p469-504 Aug 2022
Twitter is a valuable resource for research because of its potential to provide insight into public opinion as well as to identify the most influential sources of information. Mixed-methods exploratory analysis was used to evaluate the discourse on Twitter regarding gifted education. The results of the quantitative analysis of the matrix of connections using NodeXL Pro indicate that gifted education Twitter is a cohesive network and that the top influencers are organizations and educational consultants. Sentiment analysis using Linguistics Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC2015, Pennebaker et al., 2015) software indicates that tweets related to gifted education have a mix of positive and negative emotive tone. The qualitative analyses suggest that gifted education professionals and parents engage in Twitter in similar ways to what has been described in past research: to share interesting articles and videos, to discuss current issues, promote one's ideas, and seek opportunities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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