VOSON was used to analyse the visibility of various types of online information to suicide-risk individuals, and to assess the accessibility of so-called “pro-suicide”, suicide prevention, and support sites.
The increasing use of social media by political parties, advocacy groups and general citizens has provided a new environment for communication and interaction.
VOSON was featured in the book: Knowledge Machines: Digital Transformations of the Sciences and Humanities by Eric T. Meyer and Ralph Schroeder, academics from the Oxford Internet Institute.
As part of a study on HIV information provision, Associate Professor Jerry Watkins from the News and Media Research Centre, University of Canberra is using Uberlink's high-fidelity report "SitRep" to identify influential HIV information websites.
The research Seminar: "VOSON Lab Overview and Research Into Politically-Oriented Conversations on Twitter" was successfully presented by Dr. Rob Ackland at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.