Opinion

The Case for a Degree in Twitterdemiology

Let’s formalise the positive contribution of Covid-19 Twitter experts

Brandon Hamber
4 min readOct 23, 2020

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In these challenging times, the University is looking to develop new courses. I suggest we offer a course in “Twitterdemiology”. The degree takes typically 2–3 months to complete, involves sharing, preferably uninformed, opinions on Twitter…

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Brandon Hamber

Hume O'Neill Professor of Peace at Ulster University in Northern Ireland. Medium is my popular writing space. Academic publications at brandonhamber.com