The geography of innovation as reflected by social media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4142803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claudia Corradini (0000-0002-1980-7993, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227-229 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308518x20961107 |
| OpenAlex | W3088574387 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Capturing whether mysteries of trade are 'in the air' remains a central issue for understanding the spatial nature of innovative activities. We offer new insights on the intangible dimension of the geography of innovation comparing the spatial distribution of patenting rates and a novel measure of 'innovative buzz' from a 9-billion-word corpus based on 900 million geolocated tweets across US counties. We find the use of words connected to innovation and technology to be characterised by significant spatial concentration. The results show the presence of strong bivariate correlation in the spatial clustering between the two elements, pointing to stimulating opportunities in the use of big data from social media for economic geography research
Advertising · Big data · Bivariate analysis · Business · Cluster analysis · Data mining · Data science · Economic geography · Geography · Marketing buzz · Regional science · Social media · Spatial analysis · Statistics · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Mathematics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |