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Welsh Twitter

Welsh Twitter: capturing language change in real time

29 May 2013

A database of Welsh tweets is being used to identify the characteristics of an evolving language.

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Nasr City/revolution will not be tweeted

Workers’ strikes and Facebook likes

24 May 2013

Research on Egypt is looking at how to read revolution and grass roots opposition through social media.

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Left to right: Simon Goldhill and John Rink

Forging connections: digital humanities in Cambridge and beyond

01 May 2013

To launch our month-long focus on digital humanities research, Professor John Rink and Professor Simon Goldhill – Co-Directors of Cambridge’s Digital...

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Graphic from mypersonality app

Digital records could expose intimate details and personality traits of millions

11 Mar 2013

Research shows that intimate personal attributes can be predicted with high levels of accuracy from ‘traces’ left by seemingly innocuous digital...

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Thinkin' about the code

Are we being sold online?

27 Oct 2012

A panel discussion for the Festival of Ideas examines whether social media giants are profiting from our willingness to share the most intimate...

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108 High Resolution Dark Denim Social Media Icons

Cambridge ranked ‘most visible’ on social networks

23 Feb 2012

A ranking produced by Econsultancy has listed the University’s website as the most visible Russell Group website on some of the biggest social media...

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