Social Media and Migration Studies

Jamie Mahoney; Shaun Lawson; Elena Ambrosetti; Diotima Bertel; Elisa Leonardelli

Social Media and Migration Studies

Jamie Mahoney, Shaun Lawson, Elena Ambrosetti, Diotima Bertel, Elisa Leonardelli

Computer and Information Sciences Department

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Abstract

For many fields of research, including migration studies, social media platforms have often been seen as a low-cost, readily available, means of gaining access to significant amounts of relevant data. The Horizon 2020 funded PERCEPTIONS project has made use of social media data to develop an understanding of the nature of Europe and migration-related narratives online, and the potential threats and risks that may result from the dissemination of such narratives. With continued access to such data sources now being called into question, we explore the potential role of social media data in these research contexts and discuss the implications if access to these data sources continues to be threatened or removed.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Unpublished - 28 Apr 2023
Event	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023

Conference

Conference	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23

Keywords

social media
migration studies

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CHI23 Workshop Paper - Social Media and MigrationAccepted author manuscript, 243 KB

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