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Brazil: Investigating the Brazilian appropriation of Twitter

Sunday, January 4th, 2009 @ 11:05 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Brazil
Topics:: Internet & Telecoms, Software & Tools
Languages:: Portuguese

Gabriela Zabo and Raquel Recuero invite all Twitter users in Brazil to answer 35 questions regarding the Brazilian appropriation of the tool. “We would really appreciate if you also spread the word to your contacts. The more answers, the more reliable the analysis of the use of Twitter by Brazilians will be”, says Gabriela Zabo.

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