Research project completed as part of DMI Summer School 2013: On the challenges of studying social media data. Authors: Davide Beraldo, Evelien D'heer, Molly Kalan, Zuzana Karascakova, Emily Stacey

1. Media ecology of a revolt:
Following hashtags and
hyperlinks in the Gezi
protest movement
Davide Beraldo, Evelien D'heer, Molly Kalan, Zuzana Karascakova, Emily Stacey
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2. Research Questions
• RQ1:What hashtags are co-occurring in the Gezi
protest movement?
• RQ2: How are protest hashtags related to Gezi
Park used to disseminate information via
hyperlink?
• RQ3: How is the information disseminated via
hyperlink different across hashtag clusters?
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3. Methodology & Tools
• Data retrieved June 7 - June 9
• Twitter Search API: 500,000 tweets with
keyword “Gezi”
• Instagram API: 4,038 photos with #gezi,
#occupygezi, #direngezi
• Scripts to extract co-occurring hashtags
and hyperlinks
• Gephi
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4. Hashtag Co-occurrence
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5. Bipartite Hashtag & Domain
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8. Hashtag Co-occurrence
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9. Hashtag Co-occurrence
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10. Discussion
• Clusters suggest different
intent
• Tactical use of #instagood
hashtags
• AV content shared most often;
few mainstream news sources
• Hashtag-Platform specificities
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