Defining and describing the population of ISIS supporters on Twitter

2015-03-16T21:36:43+00:00March 16th, 2015|Tags: , , , |

Defining and describing the population of ISIS supporters on Twitter

Based on a sample of almost 20,000 Twitter accounts, J.M. Berger and Jonathon Morgan conducted a study considering the demographics and social media activity of ISIS supporters around the world. The paper offers a preliminary examination of the effects of suspending social media accounts and offers policy recommendations to respond to Islamic State extremism online.

  • Much of ISIS’s social media success can be attributed to a relatively small group of hyperactive users, numbering between 500 and 2,000 accounts, which tweet in concentrated bursts of high volume.

2018-03-27T08:27:13+00:00September 26th, 2014|Tags: , , , |

socialjusticekoolaid:

I don’t care what someone else tries to tell you, your retweeting and reblogging matters. You’ve made a difference in Ferguson, in New York, in LA, and around the world by keeping these stories boosted and present. Don’t stop, ever. #staywoke #farfromover

146k is pretty amazing.

2018-03-27T08:57:40+00:00January 20th, 2014|Tags: , , , , |

kenyatta:

BBC targets social media users with Instagram video news

BBC News is stepping up its efforts to reach new audiences on social media platforms after mobile and tablet viewing figures overtook desktop use for the first time in December.

On 16 January, BBC News launched Instafax, a new short-form video news service delivered to Instagram users. The project is a month-long experiment, with three 15-second videos uploaded a day, intended to serve as a roundup of the day’s news.

The name is a throwback to the BBC’s former Ceefax service – the world’s first teletext service that ran on UK television until 2012. This is described as the updated version of a text-based, short-form news service for the digital age.

The bit that’s missing from all of these stories is probably its most brilliant:

For 38 years, the BBC ran »

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