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Research project completed as part of DMI Summer School 2013: On the challenges of studying social media data. Authors: Davide Beraldo, Evelien D'heer, Molly Kalan, Zuzana Karascakova, Emily Stacey
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Media ecology of a revolt: Following hashtags and hyperlinks in the Gezi
protest movement
Davide Beraldo, Evelien D'heer, Molly Kalan, Zuzana Karascakova, Emily Stacey
Friday, June 28, 13
Research Questions
• RQ1: What hashtags are co-occurring in the Gezi protest movement?
• RQ2: How are protest hashtags related to Gezi Park used to disseminate information via hyperlink?
• RQ3: How is the information disseminated via hyperlink different across hashtag clusters?
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Methodology & Tools• Data retrieved June 7 - June 9
• Twitter Search API: 500,000 tweets with keyword “Gezi”
• Instagram API: 4,038 photos with #gezi, #occupygezi, #direngezi
• Scripts to extract co-occurring hashtags and hyperlinks
• Gephi
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Hashtag Co-occurrence
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Bipartite Hashtag & Domain
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Hashtag Co-occurrence
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Hashtag Co-occurrence
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Discussion
• Clusters suggest different intent
• Tactical use of #instagood hashtags
• AV content shared most often; few mainstream news sources
• Hashtag-Platform specificities
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Friday, June 28, 13