An “event graph” is an emergent social network that is created based on how people interact with each other on a microblogging (or short messaging service) site surrounding an event or conference. An “event graph” in academia usually refers to a presentation or conference around which a particular hashtag is used to identify Tweets specific to that conference. Oftentimes, the backchannel chatter is captured as part of the digital artifacts from that conference and stored as part of the digital poster sessions.
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