Andrés Monroy-Hernández & Panagiotis “Takis” Metaxas on #Narcotweets: Reporting on the Mexican Drug War using Social Media
In the last few years, the war among drug cartels and the Mexican authorities has intensified, claiming the lives of many innocent people. Citizens, using Social Media have organized a communication network reporting daily on the dangerous zones of their cities. How did it start and how effective are they? In this presentation Andrés Monroy-Hernández — post-doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research and a Fellow at the Berkman Center — and Panagiotis “Takis” Metaxas — Professor of Computer Science and Founder of the Media Arts and Sciences Program at Wellesley College — analyze the information sharing practices of people living in cities central to the Mexican Drug War, and examine how a handful of citizens aggregate and disseminate information from social media, many of whom are anonymous.
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mad.madrasi
August 29, 2012 @ 10:29 am
#Narcotweets is a great initiative. Shows how people are ready to harness new technology in ways to help themselves. Social Media turned into Social Mutual Help.