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[Tim's additional note: This presentation is focused specifically on doing research around social movements and producing findings and contributing new knowledge about how activists use social media and online technologies – there is some very important and detailed quantitative analysis of Twitter discussions around social movements and uprisings which provide critical information about communication online and responses to international events, and my intent is not to discount this work just because it is quant-only – these studies do different things and have different aims, and so the scope of their findings is not the same by extension (I’m not sure that I made this point clearly in the presentation, though).]
Mapping Movements: Social movement research and big data: critiques and alter...Tim Highfield
Paper presented by Sky Croeser and Tim Highfield at Compromised Data? colloquium, Toronto, Canada, 29 October 2013. http://www.infoscapelab.ca/news/oct-28-29-colloquium-compromised-data-new-paradigms-social-media-theory-and-methods
[Tim's additional note: This presentation is focused specifically on doing research around social movements and producing findings and contributing new knowledge about how activists use social media and online technologies – there is some very important and detailed quantitative analysis of Twitter discussions around social movements and uprisings which provide critical information about communication online and responses to international events, and my intent is not to discount this work just because it is quant-only – these studies do different things and have different aims, and so the scope of their findings is not the same by extension (I’m not sure that I made this point clearly in the presentation, though).]
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Invited presentation at the University of Melbourne, 4 April 2017.
Twitter research to date has focussed mainly on the study of isolated events, as described for example by specific hashtags or keywords relating to elections, natural disasters, public events, and other moments of heightened activity in the network. This limited focus is determined in part by the limitations placed on large-scale access to Twitter data by Twitter, Inc. itself. This research presents the first ever comprehensive study of a national Twittersphere as an entity in its own right. It examines the structure of the follower network amongst some 4 million Australian Twitter accounts and the dynamics of their day-to-day activities, and explores the Australian Twittersphere’s engagement with specific recent events.
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Abstract:
Social media data is a rich source of behavioural data that can reveal how we connect and interact with each other online in real-time and over time, and what that might mean for our society as we continue to speed towards an increasingly computer-mediated future. And as more and more Canadians are joining and contributing to various social media websites, their automatically recorded data are rapidly becoming available to third parties to mine for both commercial and academic purposes. As a result, questions around why and how data consumers’ use social media data are becoming pertinent. This talk will review different approaches to Social Media Data Stewardship (the collection, storage, use, reuse, analysis, and preservation of social media data) and discuss some ethical implications of working with such data.
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Invited presentation at the University of Melbourne, 4 April 2017.
Twitter research to date has focussed mainly on the study of isolated events, as described for example by specific hashtags or keywords relating to elections, natural disasters, public events, and other moments of heightened activity in the network. This limited focus is determined in part by the limitations placed on large-scale access to Twitter data by Twitter, Inc. itself. This research presents the first ever comprehensive study of a national Twittersphere as an entity in its own right. It examines the structure of the follower network amongst some 4 million Australian Twitter accounts and the dynamics of their day-to-day activities, and explores the Australian Twittersphere’s engagement with specific recent events.
What Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and digital methods can do for data journalis...Liliana Bounegru
Slides from a talk I gave at the University of Ghent on 21 October 2014 about how Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and digital methods can be used to study and inform data journalism.
Abstract:
Social media data is a rich source of behavioural data that can reveal how we connect and interact with each other online in real-time and over time, and what that might mean for our society as we continue to speed towards an increasingly computer-mediated future. And as more and more Canadians are joining and contributing to various social media websites, their automatically recorded data are rapidly becoming available to third parties to mine for both commercial and academic purposes. As a result, questions around why and how data consumers’ use social media data are becoming pertinent. This talk will review different approaches to Social Media Data Stewardship (the collection, storage, use, reuse, analysis, and preservation of social media data) and discuss some ethical implications of working with such data.
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HISTORY- XII-Theme 3 - Kinship, Caste and Class.pptx
Greek independent media and the antifascist movement
1. Greek
independent
media
and
the
an.fascist
movement
Dr
Sky
Croeser
[@scroeser]
Cur'n
University
Dr
Tim
Highfield
[@6mhighfield]
Queensland
University
of
Technology
Social
Media
&
Society
Toronto,
27
September
2014
2. Outline
• Research
context:
the
Mapping
Movements
project
and
the
Greek
case
study.
• Methods:
combining
online
and
offline,
qualita.ve
and
quan.ta.ve.
• Findings:
– Greek
an.fascist
ac.vism
relies
on
a
complex
media
ecosystem.
– Local
networks
are
part
of
diverse
issue
and
place-‐based
networks.
– Greek
ac.vists
make
significant
use
of
their
own
media
infrastructure.
3. Mapping
Movements
• Interna.onal
studies
of
social
movements
and
their
use
of
online
technologies.
• Blend
of
fieldwork
and
digital
methods,
qualita.ve
and
quan.ta.ve
analyses
• Case
studies:
– Occupy
Oakland.
– 2013
World
Social
Forum,
Tunis.
– An.fascist
movement
and
Indymedia
Athens.
4. Context
for
Greece
• 2008
protests
sparked
by
the
murder
of
teenager
Alexandros
Grigoropoulos
by
police.
• Austerity
policies
+
racism
from
mainstream
and
far-‐right
par.es.
• AUacks
on
independent
and
mainstream
media.
• This
provides
an
interes.ng
case
study:
both
representa.ve
of
broader
trends,
and
with
important
par.culari.es.
5. Research
design
• Mixed-‐methods
approach:
– Perspec.ves
from
movement
par.cipa.ons
– Online
presenta.on
of
movement
• Interviews
and
fieldwork
• Online
issue
networks,
social
media
discussions
– Issuecrawler
– Hashtag
and
place-‐oriented
keyword
searches
on
TwiUer
6. Digital
methods
• Issuecrawler
[hUp://issuecrawler.net]
• Iden.fy
issue
and
solidarity
networks
by
following
hyperlinks
from
a
seed
list
of
sites
discussing
a
par.cular
issue.
• Issue
networks
highlight
the
resources,
organisa.ons,
media,
and
other
websites
(including
social
media
plaorms)
that
are
connected,
cited,
or
invoked
through
hyperlinks
from
these
sites.
• TwiUer
• Issue-‐related
keyword
and
hashtag
archives
captured
through
TwiUer
API
using
yourTwapperKeeper.
7. Fieldwork
and
interviews
• Semi-‐structured
interviews,
tailored
to
par.cipants'
posi.ons
within
the
movement
rather
than
standardised.
• Snowball
sampling
with
mul.ple
star.ng
points.
• Par.cipant
observa.on:
a
willingness
to
take
part
in
ac.ons
is
vital.
8. Case
study
•
Wider
context
of
an.fascist
movement
and
the
11
April
2013
shut
down
of
Athens
Indymedia,
Radio
Entasi,
and
98FM.
•
Fieldwork
in
Greece
during
this
period.
•
Issue
networks
and
TwiUer
ac.vity
tracked
April-‐June
2013
around
Indymedia,
an.fascist
sites,
related
hashtags
and
keywords.
9. Findings
Indymedia
issue
network:
clusters
of
sites
around
open
radio
and
squats
Connec.ons
to
an.fascist
–
an.-‐
Golden
Dawn
–
sites
10. An.fascist
issue
Findings
network.
Cluster
of
local
Greek
websites
–
alterna.ve
and
mainstream
media
–
and
ac.vist
blogs.
Connec.ons
to
interna.onal
media
and
movements
(refugee
rights,
pro-‐immigra.on)
11. Findings
1. Social
media
use
in
the
an.fascist
movement
is
built
on
a
diverse
ecosystem
in
which
commercial
plaorms
are
important,
but
so
are
highly-‐localised
sites
– Especially
sites
associated
with
local
squats
–
these
form
a
.ghtly
interlinked
group
within
the
issue
network.
12. Findings
2. An.-‐racist
work
is
strongly
.ed
to
other
an.-‐fascist
networks,
both
in
Greece
and
throughout
Europe.
– The
an.-‐fascist
movement
in
Athens
is
part
of
a
solidarity
network,
where
connec.ons
are
made
not
just
between
local
movements
around
the
same
issue,
but
na.onal
and
interna.onal
groups
with
thema.c
and
ideological
overlaps,
such
as
pro-‐
immigra.on
and
refugee
rights’
groups.
13. Findings
3. Independent
and
alterna.ve
media
plaorms
play
a
central
role
in
the
Greek
case,
in
response
to
distrust
of
commercial
media:
– Ci.zen-‐led
plaorms
(including
Indymedia,
blogs,
and
open
radio)
afford
ac.vists
an
outlet
for
dis.nct
and
independent
voices.
– Independent
infrastructure
gives
ac.vists
more
control
and
autonomy
than
major
social
media
plaorms.
14. Conclusion
• Benefits
of
our
methodological
approach:
– The
Mapping
Movements
cases
draw
on
a
combina.on
of
quan.ta.ve
and
qualita.ve
approaches,
and
of
complementary
offline
and
online
research.
– These
allow
us
to
consider
mul.ple
perspec.ves
and
framing
of
movements.
– These
methods
include
ac.vists
engaged
only
with
either
the
online
or
the
physical
aspects
of
the
movements.
15. Conclusion
• Online
media
use
is,
in
fact,
.ghtly
.ed
to
place,
rather
than
being
a
space
of
borderless
freedom,
even
in
democra.c
states.
– Importance
of
the
local
–
squats,
open
radio,
postering
–
and
the
impact
of
shutdowns.
– Connec.ons
to
interna.onal
groups
and
movements
show
solidarity
and
movement
context,
but
the
local
shapes
organisa.on.
– Choice
of
media
also
confirms
ac.vist
concerns
over
independence,
data
control,
and
surveillance.
16. Mapping
Movements
• Dr
Sky
Croeser
hUp://skycroeser.net
@scroeser
Global
Jus'ce
and
the
Poli'cs
of
Informa'on:
The
struggle
over
knowledge
(Routledge,
2014)
• Dr
Tim
Highfield
hUp://.mhighfield.net
@.mhighfield