scholarly journals Review of the Application of Social Media Data in Disaster Research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiting Tang ◽  
Saini Yang ◽  
Weiping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hazard Identification ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Disaster Research ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Emergency Rescue ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media Data ◽  
Data Sensitivity

Social media data (SMD) is a new data source in disaster research, which can be used in hazard identification, disaster analysis, risk assessment and emergency rescue. This data-driven disaster research needs to find an appropriate method considering the aspect of data sensitivity. So far, the research in this area is focused on the types of hazard, but rarely considers the relationship between the technical methods and applicable tasks. By emphasizing data and method dependencies, we have attempted to summarize the characteristics of SMD in disaster research, viz., “sociality, rapidity, subjectivity, and un-authenticity”, and explore the processing methods in the applications of disaster management. Our work provides ideas and reference to the researchers working in this area from the perspectives of data and research goals.

scholarly journals Using social media data to map the areas most affected by ISIS in Syria

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 464-470
Author(s):  
Mohamad Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Data Mapping ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Media Data

This paper presents a model to collect, save, geocode, and analyze social media data. The model is used to collect and process the social media data concerned with the ISIS terrorist group (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), and to map the areas in Syria most affected by ISIS accordingly to the social media data. Mapping process is assumed automated compilation of a density map for the geocoded tweets. Data mined from social media (e.g., Twitter and Facebook) is recognized as dynamic and easily accessible resources that can be used as a data source in spatial analysis and geographical information system. Social media data can be represented as a topic data and geocoding data basing on the text of the mined from social media and processed using Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods. NLP is a subdomain of artificial intelligence concerned with the programming computers to analyze natural human language and texts. NLP allows identifying words used as an initial data by developed geocoding algorithm. In this study, identifying the needed words using NLP was done using two corpora. First corpus contained the names of populated places in Syria. The second corpus was composed in result of statistical analysis of the number of tweets and picking the words that have a location meaning (i.e., schools, temples, etc.). After identifying the words, the algorithm used Google Maps geocoding API in order to obtain the coordinates for posts.

scholarly journals EXTRACTING AND COMPARING PLACES USING GEO-SOCIAL MEDIA

2015 ◽  
Vol II-3/W5 ◽  
pp. 311-316
Author(s):  
F. O. Ostermann ◽  
H. Huang ◽  
G. Andrienko ◽  
N. Andrienko ◽  
C. Capineri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Semantic Similarity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Temporal Clustering ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Media Data

Increasing availability of Geo-Social Media (e.g. Facebook, Foursquare and Flickr) has led to the accumulation of large volumes of social media data. These data, especially geotagged ones, contain information about perception of and experiences in various environments. Harnessing these data can be used to provide a better understanding of the semantics of places. We are interested in the similarities or differences between different Geo-Social Media in the description of places. This extended abstract presents the results of a first step towards a more in-depth study of semantic similarity of places. Particularly, we took places extracted through spatio-temporal clustering from one data source (Twitter) and examined whether their structure is reflected semantically in another data set (Flickr). Based on that, we analyse how the semantic similarity between places varies over space and scale, and how Tobler's first law of geography holds with regards to scale and places.

scholarly journals Distant Supervision for Mental Health Management in Social Media: Suicide Risk Classification System Development Study

10.2196/26119 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. e26119
Author(s):  
Guanghui Fu ◽  
Changwei Song ◽  
Jianqiang Li ◽  
Yue Ma ◽  
Pan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Health Management ◽  
System Development ◽  
Common People ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Distant Supervision ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Media Data

Background Web-based social media provides common people with a platform to express their emotions conveniently and anonymously. There have been nearly 2 million messages in a particular Chinese social media data source, and several thousands more are generated each day. Therefore, it has become impossible to analyze these messages manually. However, these messages have been identified as an important data source for the prevention of suicide related to depression disorder. Objective We proposed in this paper a distant supervision approach to developing a system that can automatically identify textual comments that are indicative of a high suicide risk. Methods To avoid expensive manual data annotations, we used a knowledge graph method to produce approximate annotations for distant supervision, which provided a basis for a deep learning architecture that was built and refined by interactions with psychology experts. There were three annotation levels, as follows: free annotations (zero cost), easy annotations (by psychology students), and hard annotations (by psychology experts). Results Our system was evaluated accordingly and showed that its performance at each level was promising. By combining our system with several important psychology features from user blogs, we obtained a precision of 80.75%, a recall of 75.41%, and an F1 score of 77.98% for the hardest test data. Conclusions In this paper, we proposed a distant supervision approach to develop an automatic system that can classify high and low suicide risk based on social media comments. The model can therefore provide volunteers with early warnings to prevent social media users from committing suicide.

scholarly journals Contrapuntal Connectedness: Analysing Relations Between Social Media Data and Ethnography in Digital Migration Studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-85
Author(s):  
Marie Sandberg ◽  
Nina Grønlykke Mollerup ◽  
Luca Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Social Data ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Facebook Pages ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media Data

AbstractThis chapter presents a rethinking of the relationship between ethnography and so-called big social data as being comparable to those between a sum and its parts (Strathern 1991/2004). Taking cue from Tim Ingold’s one world anthropology (2018) the chapter argues that relations between ethnography and social media data can be established as contrapuntal. That is, the types of material are understood as different, yet fundamentally interconnected. The chapter explores and qualifies this affinity with the aim of identifying potentials and further questions for digital migration research. The chapter is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out with Syrian refugees and solidarians in the Danish–Swedish borderlands in 2018–2019 as well as data collected for 2011–2018 from 200 public Facebook pages run by solidarity organisations, NGOs, and informal refugee welcome and solidarity groups.

scholarly journals Success in an Online Giving Day: The Role of Social Media in Fundraising

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhishek Bhati ◽  
Diarmuid McDonnell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Audience Engagement ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Size Number ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media Data

Social media platforms offer nonprofits considerable potential for crafting, supporting, and executing successful fundraising campaigns. How impactful are attempts by these organizations to utilize social media to support fundraising activities associated with online Giving Days? We address this question by testing a number of hypotheses of the effectiveness of using Facebook for fundraising purposes by all 704 nonprofits participating in Omaha Gives 2015. Using linked administrative and social media data, we find that fundraising success—as measured by the number of donors and value of donations—is positively associated with a nonprofit’s Facebook network size (number of likes), activity (number of posts), and audience engagement (number of shares), as well as net effects of organizational factors including budget size, age, and program service area. These results provide important new empirical insights into the relationship between social media utilization and fundraising success of nonprofits.

Social Media Relationships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umoloyouvwe Ejiro Onomake
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Multiple Relationships ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media Data

Ethnography has been used to research various people and topics online, primarily using netnography and digital ethnography. Researchers and businesses employ digital ethnographic methods to access an assortment of social media platforms in order to learn about social media users. Researchers seek to understand relationships between social media users and organizations from both academic and practitioner perspectives. These organizations run the gamut from for-profit businesses, to nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and government agencies. The specific focus here is on social media research as it relates to businesses. Organizations make use of social media in a variety of ways, but chiefly to market to clients and to gather information on followers; the latter of which, in turn, helps them understand their target markets. While this social media data is both quantitative and qualitative in nature, the emphasis here centers on qualitative data, particularly the ways businesses interact with social media users. While some firms mainly use older forms of one-way marketing that solely focus on disseminating information, other firms increasingly seek ways to interact with customers and co-create products with clients. Additionally, social media users are creating their own communities, formed due to a shared interest in a brand. Companies strive to learn more about their customers through these groups. Influencers also play a role in the relationship between organizations and social media users by linking their own followerships to products and brands. In turn, influencers develop their own relationships with organizations through sponsorships, thus becoming brands themselves. Influencers risk losing their followerships when followers perceive them as no longer accessible or authentic. This change in perception can occur for a variety of reasons, including when followers believe that an influencer has prioritized brand alignment over building connections with followers. Due to multiple relationships with different brands and their followers, influencers must negotiate the ambiguity and evolving nature of their role. As social media and digital spaces develop, so must the tools used by anthropologists. Anthropologists should remain open to incorporating hallmarks of ethnographic research such as fieldnotes, participant observation, and focus groups in new ways and alongside tools from other disciplines, including market and UX (user experience) research. The divide between practitioners and academics is blurring. Anthropologists can solve client issues while contributing their voices to larger anthropological and societal discussions.

Studies of depression and anxiety using Reddit as a data source: Scoping review (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Boettcher
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Technical Solution ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Primary Data Source ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Media Data

BACKGROUND The study of depression and anxiety using publicly available social media data is a research activity that has grown considerably over the last decade. The discussion platform Reddit has become a popular social media data source in this nascent area of study, in part because of the unique ways in which the platform is facilitative of research. To date, no work has been done to synthesize existing studies of depression and anxiety using Reddit. OBJECTIVE The objective of this review is to understand the scope and nature of research using Reddit as a primary data source for studying depression and anxiety. METHODS A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework. Academic databases searched include MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Scopus, ScienceDirect, IEEE Xplore, and ACM database. Inclusion criteria were developed using the Participants/Concept/Context framework outlined by the Joanna Briggs Institute Scoping Review Methodology Group. Eligible studies featured a methodological focus on analyzing depression and/or anxiety using naturalistic written expressions from Reddit users as the primary data source. RESULTS 54 Studies were included for review. Tables and corresponding analysis delineate key methodological features including a comparatively larger focus on depression versus anxiety, an even split of original and premade datasets, a favored analytic focus on classifying the mental health states of Reddit users, and practical implications often recommending new methods of professionally-driven mental health monitoring and outreach for Reddit users. CONCLUSIONS Studies of depression and anxiety using Reddit data are currently driven by a prevailing methodology which favors a technical, solution-based orientation. Researchers interested in advancing this research area will benefit from further consideration of conceptual issues surrounding interpretation of Reddit data with the medical model of mental health. Further efforts are also needed to locate accountability and autonomy within practice implications suggesting new forms of engagement with Reddit users.

scholarly journals The scale effect of landscape variables on landscape experiences: A multi-scale spatial analysis of social media data in an urban nature park context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Chang ◽  
Anton Stahl Olafsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Relative Magnitude ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Landscape Variables ◽  
Recreational Services ◽  
Nature Park ◽  
Nature Parks ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media Data

Abstract Context The roles of landscape variables with regard to the recreational services provided by nature parks have been widely studied. However, the potential scale effects of the relationships of landscape features and attributes to categorized nature experiences have not been adequately studied from an experimental perspective. Objectives This article demonstrates multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) as a new method to quantify the relationship between experiences and landscape variables and aims to answer the following questions: 1) Which dimensions of landscape experiences can be interpreted from geocoded social media data, and what landscape variables are associated with specific dimensions of experience? 2) At what spatial scale and relative magnitude can landscape variables mediate landscape experiences? Methods Social media data (Flickr photos) from Amager Nature Park were categorized into different dimensions of landscape experience. Estimated parameter surfaces resulting from the MGWR were generated to show the patterns of the relationship between the landscape variables and the categorized experiences. Results All considered landscape variables were identified as relating to certain landscape experiences (nature, animals, scenery, engagement, and culture). Scale effects were observed in all relationships. This highlights the realities of context- and place-specific relationships and the limited applicability of simple approaches that assume relationships to be spatially stationary. Conclusions The spatial effect of landscape variables on landscape experiences was clarified and demonstrated to be important for understanding the spatial patterns of landscape experiences. The demonstrated modelling method may be used to further the study of the value of natural landscapes to human wellbeing.

scholarly journals REALISASI TINDAK KESANTUNAN POSITIF DALAM WACANA AKADEMIK DI MEDIA SOSIAL BERPERSPEKTIF HUMANIS/POSITIVE POLITENESS OF ACADEMIC DISCOURSE TAKING PLACE IN SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTION: A HUMANITY PERSPECTIVE

Aksara ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-338
Author(s):  
Hari Kusmanto ◽  
Nadia Puji Ayu ◽  
Harun Joko Prayitno ◽  
Laili Etika Rahmawati ◽  
Dini Restiyanti Pratiwi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
Media Interaction ◽  
Data Source ◽  
High Attitude ◽  
Equivalent Method ◽  
Media Data

Abstrak Studi ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan wujud kesantunan berkomunikasi dalam media sosial WhatsApp antara mahasiswa dan dosen. Studi ini adalah kualitatif. Data dalam studi ini adalah kalimat-kalimat santun dalam wacana akademik di media sosial. Sumber data dalam studi ini adalah tuturan wacana akademik di media sosial. Pengumpulan data dalam studi ini menggunakan metode dokumentasi, simak, dan dilanjutkan dengan teknik catat. Analisis data dalam studi ini dilakukan dengan metode padan intralingual; padan pragmatis dan diperkuat dengan teknik analisis kesantunan Brown dan Levinson berperspektif humanis. Hasil studi ini menunjukkan tindak kesantunan positif meliputi: (1) mengucapkan terima kasih sebagai penghormatan kepada mitra tutur, 48%; (2) memberikan pertanyaan sebagai wujud perhatian kepada mitra tutur, 8%; (3) memberikan informasi kepada mitra tutur sebagai wujud kepedulian, 18%; (4) menunjukkan keoptimisan kepada mitra tutur supaya termotivasi, 4%; (5) memberikan hadiah kepada mitra tutur dengan memberikan dukungan, 4%; (6) mengucapkan salam kepada mitra tutur sebagai upaya mendoakan kebaikan kepada mitra tutur, 8%; dan (7) menggunakan penanda identitas sebagai wujud menjalin solidaritas antara penutur dan mitra tutur, 10%. Hal ini menunjukkan mahasiswa memiliki sikap penghormatan yang tinggi kepada dosen dengan menunjukkan komunikasi bernada positif. Tindak kesantunan mengucapkan terima kasih, memberikan informasi yang dibutuhkan mitra tutur, menunjukkan sikap percaya diri, mengucapkan salam merupakan wujud komunikasi yang berperspektif humanis, yakni menjunjung nilai-nilai kemanusian. Penelitian ini bermanfaat dalam membangun komunikasi pembelajaran yang berorientasi pada kesantunan berbahasa yang memartabatkan nilai-nilai humanitas dalam pembelajaran. Kata kunci: kesantunan positif, akademik, media sosial, humanis Abstract This study aims to describe the form of politeness in communicating on WhatsApp social media between students and lecturers. This study is qualitative. The data in this study are polite sentences in academic discourse on social media. The data source in this study is the speech of academic discourse on social media. Data collection in this study uses the documentation method, refer to it, and proceed with note taking technique. Data analysis in this study was carried out using the intralingual equivalent method; pragmatic equivalent and strengthened by Brown and Levinson’s politeness analysis techniques with a sweet perspective. The results of this study show positive politeness actions include: (1) Thank you for the speech partner observer 48%; (2) giving questions as a form of attention to the speech partners 8%; (3) providing information to the speech partners as a form of concern 18%; (4) showing optimism for the speech partners to be motivated 4%; (5) giving gifts to speech partners by giving support 4%; (6) greeting the speech partners in an effort to pray for the kindness of the speech partners 8%; and (7) using identity markers as a form of establishing solidarity between the speaker and the speech partner 10%.. ISSN 0854-3283 (Print), ISSN 2580-0353 (Online) , Vol. 32, No. 2, Desember 2020 323 Realisasi Tindak Kesantunan Positif dalam Wacana Akademik di Media Sosial Berperspektif Humanitas Halaman 323 — 338 (Hari Kusmanto, Nadia P. Ayu, Harun J. Prayitno, Laili E. Rahmawati, Dini R. Pratiwi, dan Tri Santoso) This shows students have a high attitude of respect for lecturers by showing positive communication. Actions of thanksgiving, giving information needed by the speech partner, showing self-con dence, greeting is a form of communication with a humanist perspective, namely upholding human values. This research is useful in building learning communication that is oriented towards language politeness that digni es human values in learning. Keywords: positive politeness, academic, social media, humanity 

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