Dissecting twitter: A review on current microblogging research and lessons from related fields

Abstract

Twitter as a microblogging service is fast gaining momentum in the past few years. Publications on the state of the art of various aspects Twitter are summarized in this review; which is structured to reflect the different categories of research that can be conducted on Twitter. The bulk of research has been identified to come from the message domain on Twitter, and so far progress has been made to bridge the two domains of Twitter (the message and the user), albeit in a limited form. This review also draws from findings in related fields that could be applied in the field of microblogging, such as research on the 'blogosphere and blog trends; viral information on the web and memeties; and human factors in in-formation sharing and online presence, to name a few. This review provides re-searchers with an insight on to the various problem domains in microblogging re-search, and highlights the links between microblog research and other domains of research. Also, we show that current research rarely bridges the gap between the user and the message domains, and suggest potential improvements. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Wien.