Breaking news and first-hand reports often trend on social media platforms before traditional
news outlets cover them. The real-time analysis of posts on such platforms can reveal …

We present a general visual analytics architecture that is designed and implemented to
effectively analyze unstructured social media data on a large scale. Pipelined on a high …

The continuous growth of social networks and the active use of social media services result
in massive amounts of user-generated data. Our goal is to leverage social media users as …

We present FluxFlow, an interactive visual analysis system for revealing and analyzing
anomalous information spreading in social media. Everyday, millions of messages are …

Domains such as emergency management have a need for real-time change monitoring
and pattern analysis, but interface design principles for real-time visual analysis situations …

Recent research has shown that a considerable fraction of social media streams are about
“events”. Collectively, events serve as a succinct summary of social media streams …

The application of visual analytics, which combines the advantages of computational
knowledge discovery and interactive visualization, to social media data highlights the many …

The use of social media platforms has grown dramatically in recent times. Combined with
the rise of mobile computing, users are now more connected and spend more of their time …

Significant events are often discussed and spread through social media, involving many
people. Reposting activities and opinions expressed in social media offer good …

Social media provides a rich source of data that reflects current trends on a multitude of
topics. The data can be harvested from Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other social …