How to use Twitter as a Research Tool

Research Topics Using Twitter

Twitter provides current information through tweets promoting articles. There are several different ways to use Twitter for research.


Researching a Company, Topic, or Individual

Type the name in the search bar.

Example: Type #healthy eating in the search bar
                 Many tweets about healthy eating are listed; most have links to articles on that subject

Want to get more specific? Double up!
                 Type #healthy eating #diabetes
                  Now you have a list of tweets referring to information on both healthy eating and diabetes

Tweet Search Results

You can also use the drop-down options menu to filter your results:
Examples:
Filter out tweet source: everyone or people you know
Filter to look at video tweets only

Filter Results with Options Menu

Finding a tweet about a specific article

My policy is to only retweet articles that I have reviewed. I read an article and knew it was from an older tweet.  In order to retweet it, I wanted an easy way to find the original tweet. This is how I found it:

In the search bar, I typed the source of the tweet and the name or topic of the article.

Example: Type @launchandHustle Single best way to create content

Type in Search Bar

Retweet After Finding Tweet

Twitter can be very useful in information searches. How do you use Twitter for research? I would be interested in your answers.
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More information on Twitter can be found in my article, Twitter School: 7 Fun Facts.

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