Mapping Online Publics: Understanding How Australians Use Social Media

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Axel Bruns

Paper presented at the National Public Sector Digital Media Officers Forum, Melbourne, 21 June 2011.

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Twitter and the Christchurch Earthquake: #eqnz @replies mainstream media authorities utilities

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