Homofilia, polarización afectiva y desinformación en Twitter. Caso de estudio sobre la crisis migratoria #Openarms

Mesa, Joaquín Castillo de; Domínguez, Paula Méndez; Muñoz, Domingo Carbonero; Gómez-Jacinto, Luís

doi:10.5565/rev/redes.913

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“…Several actors can be perceived as being responsible for the situation and act as scapegoats even if users agree in framing the crisis as a diplomatic, political, policy, or humanitarian issue (e.g., Morocco/Government, Sánchez/Abascal, migrants/Luna as a member of a NGO). 8 Migrants were far from being the sole actors to be blamed, in line with other national research (Fernández et al, 2020;Calderón et al, 2021;Castillo de Mesa et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Overall, these findings reveal that Twitter social opinions during the Ceuta migration crisis were directed towards a remarkably high number of actors, which can act as alternative or complementary scapegoats in different narratives: VOX, Abascal, Sánchez, the Government, Morocco, Mohamed VI, migrants, or Luna (as an NGO member). This wide range of political actors serving as alternative scapegoats suggest that users were organized into different online affective communities, given the Ceuta migration crisis was primarily interpreted by a plurality of ideological narratives (Siapera et al, 2018;Castillo de Mesa et al, 2021). Answering the second research question (RQ2), it can be said that Morocco, the Spanish Government and VOX were the most salient actors in this online discussion, while migrants or Luna emerged as secondary themes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The rejection (or acceptance) of foreigners allows politicians to reassure the support of certain segments of the electorate (Vallo et al, 2020): in such exceptional scenarios different political viewpoints compete in the public realm, so stakeholders try to ensure visibility and push their agendas (Bartlett & Norrie, 2015). This influence of media and political elites, along with the specific features of the platform, fosters the organization of users into affective communities: connected through shared affect stories that are selected and interpreted in a primary ideological way (Siapera et al, 2018;Castillo de Mesa et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This study is intended to answer three research questions concerning the Twitter online discussion about this dramatic event. First, given previous literature identified palpable differences depending on the language of the tweets (e.g., Gualda & Rebollo, 2016;Öztürk & Ayvaz, 2018;Vallo et al, 2020;Castillo de Mesa et al, 2021), wondering whether (and in which way) the crisis was discussed differently in tweets in Spanish and in other languages (RQ1). Second, the literature suggests that news media agencies and political elites remain as the primary actors in online debates about migration crises, so which were the most salient actors in the Twitter discussion about the Ceuta migration crisis?…”

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confidence: 99%

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La frontera de Europa en África: reacciones sociales online ante la crisis migratoria de Ceuta en cinco idiomas europeos

Mariscal-de-Gante

2024

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Aunque las crisis migratorias tienen implicaciones cruciales para la sociedad, la política y la diplomacia en España, este estudio representa el primer análisis computacional de reacciones online ante una crisis migratoria española desde el surgimiento de la extrema derecha. Al analizar 195 000 tweets sobre la crisis de Ceuta en 2021, encontramos que VOX desempeñó un papel importante en la discusión. Sin embargo, la crítica a los inmigrantes no fue la única, ni siquiera la reacción predominante: las opiniones sociales se dirigieron a diversos actores políticos, diplomáticos, humanitarios y de políticas públicas. Además, este estudio es el primero en evaluar la discusión en otros cuatro idiomas europeos, algo crucial para una frontera externa de la UE. Los resultados confirman un interés limitado, con la comunidad internacional y la de habla hispana percibiendo principalmente la crisis como un conflicto (diplomático) bilateral. La UE fue relevante solo entre los primeros, mientras que los últimos también reaccionaron a la crisis estando en contra o a favor del Gobierno. En cambio, la presencia de usuarios que afirmaban la soberanía marroquí y/o un boicot de productos españoles fue destacada, especialmente en inglés y francés.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: The Ceuta Migration Crisismentioning

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2024

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“…Social networking sites has brought the interest of scientists of different disciplines due to their capacity to generate social connections, new forms of organization, of participation and political and social mobilization (Fuchs, 2020). Penetration of social networks in society, the frequency of use and connectedness and interaction dynamics have turn social networking sites into a space of socialization (Wilson et al, 2012) which favours the emergence of online communities (Castillo de Mesa et al, 2021). These online connections make possible the formation of the so called digital diasporas during the migratory processes (Vázquez, 2013), which reveal community networks, nations and digital identities and construction of communities among migrant popula-tions (Diamandaki, 2003).…”

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The conditioning of social networking sites in the formation of migratory chains of unaccompanied foreign minors

Domínguez

Mesa

Peláez

2022

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The relational uprooting faced by young unaccompanied minors, when they undertake a migratory process, it places them in a situation of extreme vulnerability. Timeshare in the Center for Minors offered relationships between themselves, which are later maintained and reflected on social networking sites. The content that can be shared on social networking sites could condition the subsequent migratory itinerary travel and the migratory chains that are formed. In this study, the profiles on social networking sites of 51 unaccompanied minors were analyzed one year after having passed through a Center for Minors located in Malaga (Spain). Through social networks analysis, netnography and certain algorithms for community detection, cohesion and emotion analysis, the connectedness and interaction patterns shown by these young people on social networking sites (Facebook) will be analyzed, identifying leaderships and detecting communities that influence the formation of migratory chains. The results show how the patterns of connectedness, interaction and leadership reflect migratory chains.

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Exploring COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and behavioral themes using social media big-data: a text mining approach

Yadav

Sagar

2023

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PurposeIndia has the biggest number of active users on social media platforms, particularly Twitter. The purpose of this paper is to examine public sentiment on COVID-19 vaccines and COVID Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) by text mining (topic modeling) and network analysis supported by thematic modeling.Design/methodology/approachA sample dataset of 115,000 tweets from the Twitter platform was used to examine the perception of the COVID-19 vaccination and CAB from January 2021 to August 2021. The research applied a machine-learning algorithm and network analysis to extract hidden and latent patterns in unstructured data to identify the most prevalent themes. The COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Amplification Model was formulated, which included five key topics based on sample big data from social media.FindingsThe identified themes are Social Media Adaptivity, Lack of Knowledge Providing Mechanism, Perception of Vaccine Safety Measures, Health Care Infrastructure Capabilities and Fear of Coronavirus (Coronaphobia). The study implication assists communication strategists and stakeholders design effective communication strategies using digital platforms. The study reveals CAB themes as with Mask Wearing Issues and Employment Issues as relevant themes discussed on digital channels.Research limitations/implicationsThe themes extracted in the present study provide a roadmap for policy-makers and communication experts to utilize social media platforms for communicating and understanding the perception of preventive measures of vaccination and CAB. As evidenced by the increased engagement on social media platforms during the COVID-19-induced lockdown, digital platforms are indeed valuable from the communication perspective to be proactive in the event of a similar situation. Moreover, significant themes, including social media adaptivity, absence of knowledge-providing mechanism and perception of safety measures of the vaccine, are the critical parameters leading to an amplified effect on vaccine hesitancy.Practical implicationsThe COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Amplification Themes (CVHAT) equips stakeholders and government strategists with a preconfigured paradigm to tackle dedicated communication campaigns and assess digital community behavior during health emergencies COVID-19.Social implicationsThe increased acceptance of vaccines and the following of CAB decrease the advocacy of mutation of the virus and promote the healthy being of the people. As CAB has been mentioned as a preventive strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic, the research preposition promotes communication intervention which helps to mitigate future such pandemics. As developing, economies require effective communication strategies for vaccine acceptance and CAB, this study contributes to filling the gap using a digital environment.Originality/valueChan et al. (2020) recommended using social media platforms for public knowledge dissemination. The study observed that the value of a communication strategy is increased when communication happens using highly trusted and accessible channels such as Twitter and Facebook. With the preceding context, the present study is a novel approach to contribute toward digital communication strategies related to vaccination and CAB.

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Homofilia, polarización afectiva y desinformación en Twitter. Caso de estudio sobre la crisis migratoria #Openarms

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

La frontera de Europa en África: reacciones sociales online ante la crisis migratoria de Ceuta en cinco idiomas europeos

La frontera de Europa en África: reacciones sociales online ante la crisis migratoria de Ceuta en cinco idiomas europeos

The conditioning of social networking sites in the formation of migratory chains of unaccompanied foreign minors

Exploring COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and behavioral themes using social media big-data: a text mining approach

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