Published January 9, 2018 | Version v2
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Loud, influential and hyped: How we overestimate Twitter

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  • 1. Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society

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Fake news, Russian bots, or hate speech: Twitter is a centerpiece of modern public communication, at times claimed to have a hand in Trump’s election victory or Brexit, and journalists and researchers follow it closely. But the question must be asked: Is Twitter worth all that attention?

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