3 young activists are currently in administrative detention in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani internet is in a tizzy because photos emerged in the past few days of these young men cleaning bathrooms. Today some Azerbaijanis on Facebook are posting “solidarity” photos of themselves cleaning bathrooms. (Here is a May 14 RFERL piece on this.) As I…
I’m giving a talk in Uppsala, Sweden on May 21. Information here!
Yerevan voted today! Here’s the TAGS explorer analysis. And NodeXL for 830pm May 5. Honestly I slept through all of this, so I don’t have much analysis yet. More to come! NodeXL for 11pm May 5. NodeXL for 10am May 6.
On May 2 I gave a talk at UW: Networked Authoritarianism in Azerbaijan: How the Azerbaijani government uses the Internet to deter dissent Slides Video
Hey, let’s check in on #evnvote13, shall we? This is the Yerevan mayor election. On Sunday May 5 people will vote. I’m trying out a tool called TAGS explorer. What I like about it is that it automatically archives Tweets and the visualization is constantly updated. Also some of the different metrics are a bit…
Today is April 24th, which is the Armenian Genocide day of commemoration. All around the world Armenians hold events to raise awareness and remember their ancestors. In the age of social media, April 24th has also moved online. For the last few years, Twitter hashtags of #armeniangenocide and #recognizethearmeniangenocide and #recognizearmeniangenocide have been common. This…
I’m giving at talk at the University of Washington Networked Authoritarianism in Azerbaijan: How the Azerbaijani government uses the Internet to deter dissent Thursday May 2, 2013 7 pm HUB 214 Katy Pearce Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies reecas@uw.edu In Azerbaijan, an authoritarian state with little space for free expression,…
#barevolution is on! Here’s a hashtag analysis for the last week (this includes following relationships). Full report 3 main groups here – foreigners, diaspora, and Hayastantsi. Here’s the analysis for just replies and mentions. Full report The groups here are more interesting. There is a group of people all talking to/with @onewmphoto, another with @goldentent…
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I’m giving a talk on social media in Azerbaijan on March 27 at The Davis Center at Harvard. Details