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Alex Voss
Researcher at University of St Andrews
Publications - 82
Citations - 2122
Alex Voss is an academic researcher from University of St Andrews. The author has contributed to research in topics: Work (electrical) & Participatory design. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 82 publications receiving 1994 citations. Previous affiliations of Alex Voss include Harvard University & Andrews University.
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Reading the riots on Twitter: methodological innovation for the analysis of big data
Rob Procter,Farida Vis,Alex Voss +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply a computationally assisted methodology to the analysis of a large corpus of tweets sent during the August 2011 riots in England, where the authors represent an experiment in applying a computational assisted methodology.
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Tweeting the terror: modelling the social media reaction to the Woolwich terrorist attack
Pete Burnap,Matthew Leighton Williams,Luke Sloan,Omer Rana,William Housley,Adam Michael Edwards,Vincent A. Knight,Rob Procter,Alex Voss +8 more
TL;DR: Novel findings are reported that identify that the sentiment expressed in the tweet is statistically significantly predictive of both size and survival of information flows of this nature.
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Adoption and use of Web 2.0 in scholarly communications
Rob Procter,Robin Williams,James Stewart,Meik Poschen,Helene Snee,Alex Voss,M. Asgari-Targhi +6 more
TL;DR: A study of the use of Web 2.0 services by UK researchers and their use in novel forms of scholarly communication documents the contours of adoption, the barriers and enablers, and the dynamics of innovation in Web services and scholarly practices.
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Collaboration and Trust in Healthcare Innovation: The eDiaMoND Case Study
Marina Jirotka,Rob Procter,Mark Hartswood,Roger Slack,Andrew Simpson,Catelijne Coopmans,Chris Hinds,Alex Voss +7 more
TL;DR: An investigation into requirements for collaboration in e-Science in the context of eDiaMoND, a Grid-enabled prototype system intended in part to support breast cancer screening, finds the importance of accountability and visibility of work for trust and for the various forms of 'practical ethical action' in which clinicians are seen to routinely engage in this setting.
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Reading the riots: what were the police doing on Twitter?
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of a recent public order crisis in England to explore how the police, other organisations and individuals used Twitter as they responded to this event was carried out.