IGF 2022 Lightning Talk #55 Tweetosphere beyond the bubble: from pessimism and hatred to reality and entertainment

Session

Time

Friday, 2nd December, 2022 (08:00 UTC) - Friday, 2nd December, 2022 (08:30 UTC)

Room

Speaker's Corner

Subtheme

Governing Data and Protecting Privacy

Usuarios Digitales
Alfredo Velazco, Usuarios Digitales, ONG, Latam

Organization's Website

https://www.usuariosdigitales.org

Speakers

Fabián Auz, Usuarios Digitales, ONG, Latam Alfredo Velazco, Usuarios Digitales, ONG, Latam Diana Sarria, Independent Journalist, Latam

Onsite Moderator

Fabián Auz

Online Moderator

Alfredo Velazco

Rapporteur

Alfredo Velazco

SDGs

16.1

Targets: Social networks and especially Twitter are singled out for bringing hate, but with data we can see that there really are more topics of interest that unite us

Format

Lightning Talks

Duration (minutes)

Language

English

Description

Unfortunately, much is said about the pessimism that haunts Twitter and that is exacerbated at election time, but how real is that? With direct data from Twitter we will review how pessimistic, election-hating and trivial this network really is

Chat comments will be collected (online) Comments will be collected (onsite) Survey app will be used (online) A collaborative document will be used for contributions and to maintain contact (online) Space will be allocated for questions (onsite/online)