Observation on copying and pasting behavior during the Tohoku earthquake: Retweet pattern changes
Retweet patterns in the Tohoku earthquake were analyzed. Users became more sensitive to the fact whether the messages include the earthquake relevant keywords or not. Whereas, the pattern of including external hyperlinks was declined. This study contributes to the research stream on dynamic patterns of framing messages in that it supplies empirical evidences of pattern changes before and after the outbreak of a disaster.
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