Twitter broadcast in ukraine paris_speech_nov10,2010

Twitter broadcast of Elections 2010 in Ukraine Vitaliy Moroz, Head of New media Internews Ukraine IACP conference, Paris, Nov 10, 2010 Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Ukraine: 2nd territorially largest country in Europe Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

10 key words for Ukraine 2005 Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

10 key words for Ukraine 2010 Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Social media in 2010 (as of October) Twitter: 0,08 mln Facebook: 0,9 mln Internet users: 11,5 mln Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Social media in 2012 (as expected) Twitter: 0,3 mln Facebook: 5 mln Internet users: 18 mln ´data by MediaNext Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

In 2010 Ukraine had 2 elections Jan 17, runoff Feb 7 Presidential Elections October 31st Local Elections Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

What was Twitter broadcast of elections? Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Live reporting from my street and my polling station via Twitter: Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Main idea of project: and most the “hottest” alarming news incidents Participants report on Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Reports based on tweets with hashtags Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Sample of tweets: Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Data: 19790 tweets with #elect_ua Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

What tasks of Twitter broadcast? - To read easily - To post easily - To filter tweets by topic/region - To avoid censorship - To alarm on possible violations Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

How readers could read easily? Web-site aggregating all election-related tweets launched – www.electua.org Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

How we filtered tweets by topic / region? #elect_ua – national level tweets #elect_sos – tweets telling on possible violations #elect_te, #elect_zp etc – regional tweets + combination of hashtags: #elect_od + #elect_sos Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

How contributors could post easily? SMS via t.liqpay.com Mobile Internet - MobyPicture.com, Dabr.is Web-interface - Twitter.com Twitter clients – Hootsuite, Tweetdeck Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

How do we avoid censorship? Readers for their convenience could follow Twitter broadcast via ElectUA.org If it would have been shut down all tweets are available via Twitter.com Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

How do we alarm on possible election fraud? Special attention to #elect_sos 1700 violation tweets were generated by 300 participants during local elections to inform target audiences Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Results / Sum up? • Social media impact on politics • Better civic engagement in elections process • National level crowd sourcing • Clear voice for free and fair elections • Civic oversight on violations Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Next steps for Ukraine? Facebook broadcast of elections?:) Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Finally How does your network use to the full potential those fabulous things? Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

Thank you! vitaliy.moroz@gmail.com @vitaliymoroz (english) @insider_ua (ukrainian) Internews Ukraine / MediaNext, 2010

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