Narcotweets: Social media in wartime

Andrés Monroy-Hernández; Emre Kiciman; Danah Boyd; Scott Counts

Narcotweets: Social media in wartime

Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Emre Kiciman, Danah Boyd, Scott Counts

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Abstract

This paper describes how people living in armed-conflict environments use social media as a participatory news platform, in lieu of damaged state and media apparatuses. We investigate this by analyzing the microblogging practices of Mexican citizens whose everyday life is affected by the Drug War. We provide a descriptive analysis of the phenomenon, combining content and quantitative Twitter data analyses. We focus on three interrelated phenomena: general participation patterns of ordinary citizens, the emergence and role of information curators, and the tension between governmental regulation and drug cartel intimidation. This study reveals the complex tensions among citizens, media actors, and the government in light of large-scale organized crime.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ICWSM 2012 - Proceedings of the 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media
Pages	515-518
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, ICWSM 2012 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: Jun 4 2012 → Jun 7 2012

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Name	ICWSM 2012 - Proceedings of the 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

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Other	6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, ICWSM 2012
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	6/4/12 → 6/7/12

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Computer Networks and Communications

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Monroy-Hernández, A, Kiciman, E, Boyd, D & Counts, S 2012, Narcotweets: Social media in wartime. in ICWSM 2012 - Proceedings of the 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media. ICWSM 2012 - Proceedings of the 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, pp. 515-518, 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, ICWSM 2012, Dublin, Ireland, 6/4/12.

Narcotweets: Social media in wartime. / Monroy-Hernández, Andrés; Kiciman, Emre; Boyd, Danah et al.
ICWSM 2012 - Proceedings of the 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media. 2012. p. 515-518 (ICWSM 2012 - Proceedings of the 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media).

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