Title :
Analyzing Civil Unrest through Social Media
Author :
Ting Hua ; Chang-Tien Lu ; Ramakrishnan, N. ; Feng Chen ; Arredondo, Jaime ; Mares, David ; Summers, Kathryn
Abstract :
Mining and analyzing data from social networks such as Twitter can reveal new insights into the causes of civil disturbances, including trigger events and the role of political entrepreneurs and organizations in galvanizing public opinion.
Keywords :
data analysis; data mining; social networking (online); social sciences computing; Twitter; civil disturbances; civil unrest; data analysis; data mining; political entrepreneurs; public opinion; social media; social networks; trigger events; Data mining; Information analysis; Social factors; Social network services; Twitter; civil unrest; data mining; discovery analytics; social networks;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2013.442
