Table 1.
Important internet and Twitter-specific terms and definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tweet | The basic form of communication on the social media site Twitter. It is an original post made by a user in text, image, gif or video form. |
| (Twitter) Page | The location owned by a Twitter user where their original and shared tweets can be viewed by their followers. |
| (Twitter) Feed | The location viewed by a Twitter user where they can see the original and shared tweets of the users they follow. |
| Retweet | n. A Twitter-specific metric that signifies when a user has shared a tweet created by someone else on their own page to their own followers v. A Twitter-specific action that occurs when a user shares a tweet created by someone else on their own page to their own followers |
| ‘Like’ | n. A common social media metric across many platforms including Twitter that signifies when a user has reacted positively to a tweet created by someone else v. a common social media action that occurs when a user reacts positively to a tweet created by someone else |
| Comment | n. A common social media metric and/or artefact common across many platforms including Twitter that signifies when a user who views a tweet has responded to the tweet with their own text, image, gif or video v. A common social media action that occurs when a user responds to a tweet created by someone else with their own text, image, gif or video |
| Trending Topic | A topic that was mentioned and retweeted so often on Twitter that it has stood out as one of the ‘most’ discussed topic on Twitter that day OR any topic that was discussed as part of mainstream discussions by major news outlets. |
| Meme | An image, video, gif, text format, clause or word that is used in a specific way on the internet for humourous purposes, its meaning obvious to those ‘in-the-know’ but often unintelligible to those outside of that collective consciousness. |
| Clapback | A response to a hurtful or negative message that is meant to cut the opponent down in a way that may be humourous for its bluntness, accuracy and succinctness. |