scholarly journals Data Analytics and Security Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
CASIS
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Roundtable Discussion ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Intelligence Studies

On January 16th, 2020, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) Vancouver hosted its first roundtable event of the year, titled “Data Analytics and Security Policy: The New Paradigm?” This presentation featured Mr. Mark Masongsong, CEO of Urban Logiq, a Vancouver based data analytics company. Mr. Masongsong’s presentation focused on the development of data analytics technology, its utility in addressing recent security cases, and the projected future of the data analytics industry. The subsequent roundtable discussion centred around a case study on deep fakes and their prevalence throughout social media. Thereafter, audience members discussed the security implications of deep fake technology and ways to address the problem within online spaces.

scholarly journals Understanding Terrorism Through the Fear of Death

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
CASIS
Keyword(s):  
International Political Economy ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Political Science Department ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Intelligence Studies ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The University

On September 19th 2019, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) Vancouver hosted its roundtable meeting which covered “The Nature of Contemporary Terrorism.” The following presentation featured Dr. Robert Farkasch, a faculty lecturer in the Political Science Department at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Farkasch offers instruction in international political economy, international relations and terrorism studies. In his presentation, Dr. Farkasch appears to argue that religiously defined terrorism is the most dangerous ideological variant of terrorism and that the cause of terrorism is entrenched in our fear of death. The subsequent roundtable discussion centred around a case study of Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year- old Australian man that opened fire upon two Mosques in Christchurch New Zealand earlier this year, killing 51 people. Many called the attacks Islamophobic due to his targets and the content within a 74-page manifesto that Tarrant authored and released beforehand. Audience members at the roundtable discussed the nature of Tarrant’s attacks and how social media platforms could address radical positions within online spaces.

scholarly journals Privacy and Security

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Safety ◽  
Roundtable Discussion ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
The Public ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Question And Answer ◽  
Intelligence Studies ◽  
Privacy Enhancing Technologies ◽  
Near Future

On June 2nd, 2020, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) Vancouver hosted its second digital roundtable event of the year titled, “Privacy and Security: Working Hand in Hand to Protect You Online.” This presentation featured Dr. Patrick Neal who has been involved in the public safety field since 1982. Dr. Neal’s presentation focused on the cohesiveness of privacy and security in the near future, privacy constructs, myths and harms of privacy, and privacy enhancing technologies. The subsequent roundtable discussion centered around Dr. Neal’s lecture in a question and answer period. APA Citation CASIS Vancouver. (2020). Privacy and security: working hand in hand to protect you online. The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare, 3(2), 61-65. https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/jicw/article/view/2407/1818.

To Protect and Responsibilize: The Discursive Explosion of Combining Youth Sexuality, Human Trafficking, and Online Spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-83
Author(s):  
Katrin Roots ◽  
Emily Lockhart
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Risk Takers ◽  
Victim Vulnerability

The emergence of social media and digital technologies has resulted in new protectionist laws, policies, and mandates aimed at regulating the sexual behaviour of women and girls in online spaces. These neoliberal responsiblization strategies are aimed at shaping good, young digital citizens and have become further amplified through increased concerns about domestic human trafficking and victim vulnerability. This protectionism, however, is not always reflected in courtroom proceedings, revealing a tension between the protection and responsiblization of victims of trafficking in Canada. Using R v Oliver-Machado (2013) as a case study, we examine the ways in which the defence counsel’s reliance on commonplace defence tactics used in sexual assault cases responsibilize the young complainants in an attempt to discredit their victimhood and reconstruct them as online sexual risk takers.

scholarly journals Combatting hate and trolling with love and reason? A qualitative analysis of the discursive antagonisms between organized hate speech and counterspeech online

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 540-572
Author(s):  
Nadine Keller ◽  
Tina Askanius
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Moral Standards ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Good And Evil

An increasingly organized culture of hate is flourishing in today’s online spaces, posing a serious challenge for democratic societies. Our study seeks to unravel the workings of online hate on popular social media and assess the practices, potentialities, and limitations of organized counterspeech to stymie the spread of hate online. This article is based on a case study of an organized “troll army” of online hate speech in Germany, Reconquista Germanica, and the counterspeech initiative Reconquista Internet. Conducting a qualitative content analysis, we first unpack the strategies and stated intentions behind organized hate speech and counterspeech groups as articulated in their internal strategic documents. We then explore how and to what extent such strategies take shape in online media practices, focusing on the interplay between users spreading hate and users counterspeaking in the comment sections of German news articles on Facebook. The analysis draws on a multi-dimensional framework for studying social media engagement (Uldam & Kaun, 2019) with a focus on practices and discourses and turns to Mouffe’s (2005) concepts of political antagonism and agonism to operationalize and deepen the discursive dimension. The study shows that the interactions between the two opposing camps are highly moralized, reflecting a post-political antagonistic battle between “good” and “evil” and showing limited signs of the potentials of counterspeech to foster productive agonism. The empirical data indicates that despite the promising intentions of rule-guided counterspeech, the counter efforts identified and scrutinized in this study predominantly fail to adhere to civic and moral standards and thus only spur on the destructive dynamics of digital hate culture.

scholarly journals The Importance of Human Domain Knowledge and Business Data Analytics to Support Modern Financial Decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Nadia Delanoy Ph.D. ◽  
Karina Kasztelnik, Ph.D., MBA, CPA, CTP
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Financial Decision ◽  
Business Data ◽  
Media Narratives

The purpose of this study is to identify how importance is human domain knowledge and business data analytics to support modern financial decision. Understanding whether social media narratives could provide a value-add to current customer relationship management practices could be quite valuable. Design/methodology/approach-An analysis of the literature was undertaken and based on an assessment of the literature, conceptual states and pragmatic approaches as well as existing theoretical understandings and frameworks. An explorative case study approach based on Yin’s design will be utilized as a framework as well as a demographic survey to distill even further the characteristics of the sampling from a customer, management and social media user perspective. Furthermore, a customer relationship management framework which would include the adjoining of data analytics and social media narratives will be discussed in context of the research findings. This will help researchers and practitioners more readily explore the shared value framework which the study will be based and contribute to a more fulsome consideration of customer relationship management practice shifts within a technological and social media-oriented age. The contributions of this research will also help reiterate the importance of context in data management as well as the importance of the paradigmatic power shifts reflected in consumer usage of social media, product or service offerings, social consciousness and ethical practice as it relates to the influence of consumer intentions and subsequent purchasing intentions.The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to gain common understandings of how importance is human domain knowledge and business data analytics to support modern financial decision. In order to support reliable and valid research, a purposive sample of customer relations managers, business analysts who have customer relations management (CRM) roles, and customers who utilize social media for the purposes of product or service development was attained.

scholarly journals Canadian Intelligence Operations Overseas

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
CASIS
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Roundtable Discussion ◽  
Military Intelligence ◽  
Intelligence Gathering ◽  
Canadian Armed Forces ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Intelligence Operations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Intelligence Studies ◽  
The Military

On March 21, 2019, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies hosted a roundtable focusing on “Canadian Intelligence Operations Overseas”. This presentation was given by Captain Duane Kempton, member of the Canadian Armed Forces and member of the Sixth Intelligence Company. Captain Kempton highlighted military intelligence in warfighting, peacekeeping, and established the differences between the two by discussing OP SOPRANO. The following roundtable discussion centred on the value of intelligence gathering in peacekeeping when you lack the military capacity while warfighting. Audience members then discussed the repatriation of ISIS fighters and the status of their families.

Applying Data Analytics to Social Media Advertising: A Twitter Advertising Campaign Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanshan Lou
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Media Analytics ◽  
Advertising Campaign ◽  
Social Media Advertising

This paper presents a class case study of an assignment that asked students to use a Twitter follower report to design a Twitter advertising campaign. The purpose of this case study is to immerse students in a real social media environment and help them become familiar with analyzing social media data to develop advertising campaigns. Students' interview responses suggest that incorporating a project that requires social media analytics techniques in an advertising class can help them better understand the role of secondary research and database analysis in developing consumer profiles and making campaign decisions. The findings also suggest that students have a strong desire to work with secondary data in designing social media advertising campaigns. The advantages of data analytics should be further explored in advertising campaign classes to help students become successful campaign designers. Limitations and future research direction are also discussed.

scholarly journals Social Cohesion and Conflict Dynamics on Social Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Lisa Schirch
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Programme Director ◽  
Research Fellow ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Senior Research Fellow ◽  
Question And Answer ◽  
Intelligence Studies ◽  
Senior Research

On May 20, 2021, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) Vancouver hosted a digital roundtable where Dr. Lisa Schirch, Senior Research Fellow and Social Media, Technology and Peacebuilding Programme Director at the Toda Peace Institute, presented on Social Cohesion and Conflict Dynamics on Social Media. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives.

Improving emergency response operations in maritime accidents using social media with big data analytics: a case study of the MV Wakashio disaster

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carine Dominguez-Péry ◽  
Rana Tassabehji ◽  
Lakshmi Narasimha Raju Vuddaraju ◽  
Vikhram Kofi Duffour
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThis paper aims to explore how big data analytics (BDA) emerging technologies crossed with social media (SM). Twitter can be used to improve decision-making before and during maritime accidents. We propose a conceptual early warning system called community alert and communications system (ComACom) to prevent future accidents.Design/methodology/approachBased on secondary data, the authors developed a narrative case study of the MV Wakashio maritime disaster. The authors adopted a post-constructionist approach through the use of media richness and synchronicity theory, highlighting wider community voices drawn from social media (SM), particularly Twitter. The authors applied BDA techniques to a dataset of real-time tweets to evaluate the unfolding operational response to the maritime emergency.FindingsThe authors reconstituted a narrative of four escalating sub-events and illustrated how critical decisions taken in an organisational and institutional vacuum led to catastrophic consequences. We highlighted the specific roles of three main stakeholders (the ship's organisation, official institutions and the wider community). Our study shows that SM enhanced with BDA, embedded within our ComACom model, can better achieve collective sense-making of emergency accidents.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is limited to Twitter data and one case. Our conceptual model needs to be operationalised.Practical implicationsComACom will improve decision-making to minimise human errors in maritime accidents.Social implicationsEmergency response will be improved by including the voices of the wider community.Originality/valueComACom conceptualises an early warning system using emerging BDA/AI technologies to improve safety in maritime transportation.

scholarly journals The Security Implications of Brexit

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
CASIS
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
International Council ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Intelligence Studies ◽  
Separatist Movement

On February 20th, 2020, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) Vancouver hosted its second roundtable in 2020 in partnership with the Vancouver Branch of the Canadian International Council (CIC), titled:  The Security Implications of Brexit. This presentation featured British Consul General Nicole Davison as speaker, and a case study focusing on the potential implications of the “Wexit” separatist movement on the West Coast of Canada.

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