Who to monitor:
• Political actors
• Media outlets
• Unofficial campaign ecosystem
Monitoring based on samples, different methodologies needed in different countries.
• Political actors
• Media outlets
• Unofficial campaign ecosystem
Monitoring based on samples, different methodologies needed in different countries.
Short term observation focus on campaigns, official parties
Long term observation: media ecosystem, unofficial campaigning
Long term observation: media ecosystem, unofficial campaigning
Global research team should be responsible for consistency of methodology, local analysts to add specific content and context.
@DemocracyR guide for civil society social media monitoring here: democracy-reporting.org/ru/dri_publica…
David Caroll, @CarterCenter on work in Tunisia, both as international observers and CSO support
Challenges: clear definition about what is misinformation, disinformation, hate speech in a specific context
@GuyCyrille @AfricanUnion SM makes campaigning much longer, more sophisticated, created industry of data brokers that influence elections. Observers face limitations in accessing data.
Observers need:
* shift from traditional approaches,
* experts in data mining in core team,
* invest in IT skills of observers,
* observers should have own SM presence,
* forge alliances with platforms for data access
* long term perspective
* shift from traditional approaches,
* experts in data mining in core team,
* invest in IT skills of observers,
* observers should have own SM presence,
* forge alliances with platforms for data access
* long term perspective
.@rastokuzel:"we have 20 years of media monitoring experience and methodology, compared to that I would not call current efforts on social media comprehensive or even methodology. Different, non conventional, cross cutting approaches are needed"
.@smastic @iriglobal warms about too much cooperation with platforms, this may lead to an outsourcing of platforms' reputational risks.
.@andreasbaker asks for broader perspective of social media on elections: campaign silence
.@PatMerloe: SM goes beyond what observers can cover, need to define observers role and encourage others do other partw of work
.@PatMerloe: SM goes beyond what observers can cover, need to define observers role and encourage others do other partw of work
.@beatamr : Increasing social pressure on EMBs to monitor and oversee to SM, but this is often not in their purview, how can we encourage others to fill this space?
Patrick Costello, @eu_eeas: disinformation is the one issue almost entirely outside international standards. Other SM issues are better covered from offline perspectives already.
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