Daria, assuming that the number of tweets is small and that you are not redistributing the data as such (something that Twitter doesn't like) you shouldn't really have any problems. Obtaining the user's permission and anonymizing the material will suffice in my opinion. Best, Cornelius On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Dayter <coocho@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear list members,
I am about to submit for publication an article that includes content analysis of tweets, and a few of them are quoted in my paper. I wonder if any kind of accepted practice exists already in this regard: do Twitter's new terms of service mean that I need to obtain a permission from Twitter to use tweets in the publication, or is it enough if I have the authors' permission? I apologise if this issue has been discussed already - I've joined the list recently, and I've only seen the very end of the Twitter ToS thread.
best daria
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