[washingtonismoney]

It's interesting research. In a way, however, her research reveals a bit of the weaknesses of a purely quantitative approach to assess what work is affecting the culture. Hits, as anyone in media will tell you... (off the record, and a bit inebriated) .... aren't real. Search any article on twitter and you'll see a number of obviously fake bots tweeting it. Does this matter? It doesn't matter as much as a real person, certainly. But does it matter zero? I can't say for sure. As the academic papers are fond of concluding, more research needed. 

[washingtonismoney]

It's interesting research. In a way, however, her research reveals a bit of the weaknesses of a purely quantitative approach to assess what work is affecting the culture. Hits, as anyone in media will tell you... (off the record, and a bit inebriated) .... aren't real. Search any article on twitter and you'll see a number of obviously fake bots tweeting it. Does this matter? It doesn't matter as much as a real person, certainly. But does it matter zero? I can't say for sure. As the academic papers are fond of concluding, more research needed.