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Cumulative and Comparative Social Media Analytics for Crisis CommunicationJean Burgess, Axel Bruns and Avijit Paul
ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
Queensland University of Technology
a.bruns / je.burgess / a1.paul @ qut.edu.au
@snurb_dot_info / @jeanburgess / @cdtavijit
http://mappingonlinepublics.net/
EMERGENCE OF QUASI-STANDARD ANALYTICS
• Twitter data (#hashtag) + Twitter API + a variety of analytical tools:1. Patterns of activity volume within the temporal space of
an acute event;
2. Key actors and their levels of individual activity, as well as the extent to which they are referred to and retweeted;
3. Key themes, topics and inferred purposes (informed by qualitative analysis).
TOWARDS COMPARATIVE & CUMULATIVE APPROACHES
• Comparative work– Across different kinds of crisis events – Across different political, material, cultural contexts– Over time– e.g. #qldfloods and #eqnz, 2011-2013
• Cumulative analyses of similar events over time (how does the system evolve and learn?)
#QLDFLOOD(S) 2013: TWEETS PER DAY
#QLDFLOOD 2011: MOST ACTIVE USERS
#QLDFLOOD(S) 2013: MOST ACTIVE USERS
#QLDFLOODS 2011: MOST VISIBLE USERS
#QLDFLOOD(S) 2013: MOST VISIBLE USERS
#QLDFLOODS 2011: ACTIVITY PATTERN
#QLDFLOOD(S) 2013: ACTIVITY PATTERN
#EQNZ 2013: TWEETS PER DAY
#EQNZ 2011: MOST ACTIVE USERS
#EQNZ 2013: MOST ACTIVE USERS
#EQNZ 2011: MOST VISIBLE USERS
#EQNZ 2013: MOST VISIBLE USERS
#EQNZ 2011: USER ACTIVITY PATTERN
#EQNZ 2013: USER ACTIVITY PATTERN
CRISIS EVENT COMPARISON
● #qldfloods 2011
● #qldfloods 2013
● #eqnz 2011
● #eqnz 2013
#QLDFLOOD 2011: TOP CATEGORIES URLS
Image/video sh
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#QLDFLOOD 2013: TOP CATEGORIES URLS
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#QLDFLOOD COMPARISON: 2011 & 2013
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#QLDFLOOD 2011 MEDIA SHARE BY DAY
2011-Jan-10
2011-Jan-11
2011-Jan-12
2011-Jan-13
2011-Jan-14
2011-Jan-15
2011-Jan-16
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FacebookGovernmentImage/videosharingMediaUnofficial fundraisingUnofficial info resource
#QLDFLOOD 2013 MEDIA SHARE BY DAY
2013-Jan-19
2013-Jan-25
2013-Jan-26
2013-Jan-27
2013-Jan-28
2013-Jan-29
2013-Jan-30
2013-Jan-31
2013-Feb-01
2013-Feb-02
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2013-Feb-04
2013-Feb-05
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FacebookGovernmentImage/video sharingMediaNGOTwitterUnofficial info resourceUtilities
#eqnz 2011: TOP CATEGORIES URLS
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#eqnz 2011: GOOGLE PERSON FINDER
#eqnz 2013: TOP CATEGORIES URLS
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#eqnz 2013: GEONET
#eqnz 2011: MEDIA SHARE BY DAY
2011 Feb 22
2011 Feb 23
2011 Feb 24
2011 Feb 25
2011 Feb 26
2011 Feb 27
2011 Feb 28
2011 Mar 01
2011 Mar 02
2011 Mar 03
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Blog/personal websiteFacebookGoogleGovernmentImage/video sharingMediaNGOUnofficial fundraisingUnofficial info resourceURL shortening
#eqnz 2013: MEDIA SHARE BY DAY
2013-Jul-17
2013-Jul-18
2013-Jul-19
2013-Jul-20
2013-Jul-21
2013-Jul-22
2013-Jul-23
2013-Jul-24
2013-Jul-25
2013-Jul-26
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