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Accounts fromTwitter
Henk van Ess www.searchbistro.com @henkvaness
finding & validating eyewitnesses
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1. Find eyewitnesses
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Problem: an eyewitness doesn’t say eyewitness very often
https://twitter.com/i/#!/search-advanced
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So what do eyewitnesses say?
We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL
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So what do eyewitnesses say?
We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL
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So what do eyewitnesses say?
We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL
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So what do eyewitnesses say?
We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL
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Slides from Henk van Ess / NVJ Forum October 4th 2012
So what do eyewitnesses say?
We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL
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So what do eyewitnesses say?
We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL
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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the
eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)
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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the
eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)
Use the laws of language
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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the
eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)
Use the laws of language
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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the
eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)
Use the laws of language
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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the
eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)
Use the laws of language
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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the
eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)
Use the laws of language
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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the
eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)
Use the laws of language
I
ME
HE
HIS
WE
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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the
eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)
Use the laws of language
I
ME
HE
HIS
MY
WE
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Difference between geodata in bio & actual tweets
tweet
bio
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geodata in bio can be easily faked
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geodata in bio can be easily fakedgeodata in tweet is harder to fake
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geodata in bio can be easily fakedgeodata in tweet is harder to fake
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geodata in bio can be easily fakedgeodata in tweet is harder to fake
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Mind your language
• Use personal pronouns with keywords
• Try also, if any, to include geodata
• Keep it simple
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https://geofeedia.com
By location:
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www.bing.com/social
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By pictures:
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http://searchinstagram.com
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http://search.coolstreaming.us/live/
By Livestreams
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By newspapers
www.bing.com
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2. Validation tips
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So who should we believe?
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TIP 1
• The usual stuff: fact checking! F.e. can you find proof for the claim that Malik is an independent reporter? What does the text in Arabic say?
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bio check:
https://twitter.com/malikalAbdeh
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Why a Syrian reporter?
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Why a Syrian reporter?
In hindsight : it makes sense :)
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Why a Syrian reporter?
In hindsight : it makes sense :)
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TIP 2
• Look who’s talking (to him)
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https://twitter.com/i/#!/search/realtime/to%3Amalikalabdeh
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TIP 3
• Analyze followers & who Malik follows
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https://followerwonk.com/analyze/MalikAlAbdeh
Who he follows
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His followers
https://followerwonk.com/wPFV
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https://followerwonk.com/analyze/MalikAlAbdeh
His words
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http://www.tweetstats.com/graphs/malikalabdeh
His virtual friends & more
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TIP 4
• Do historical research. Try to find hidden data with historical research & archive.org
• Find older tweets with Datagrip/ Gnip
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Check owner of the website for a period of years
http://www.domaintools.com
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TIP 5
• Check stats for irregularities
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Is the timezone consistent?
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Is this what you expected?
https://followerwonk.com/analyze/MalikAlAbdeh
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Tip 6
• Use Klout - yeah, it has some purpose :)
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http://klout.com/#/MalikAlAbdeh
glance at possible topics find people who can vouch for your subject
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Tip 7
• Do additional research in Socialmentions.com
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http://socialmention.com/search?q=malikalabdeh&t=all&btnG=Search
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Tip 8: too much data ? Use Excel
Excel file from http://socialmention.com/search?q=malikalabdeh&t=all&btnG=Search
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Tip 9
• Search for more photo’s and video’s: databases of Twitter & YFrog/Mobypicture/Twitpic DO differ!
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yfrog.com
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http://twicsy.com/i/nAJh5
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Tip 10
• Validate pictures
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http://images.google.com
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http://images.google.com
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Twitter: we got the killer!
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Text
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other tips
• is the person in a list, if yes, which one (s)?
• too good to be true ?
• consistency
• check favorite tweets
• always think contextual
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next time
• how to validate protected accounts!
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