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Author (up) Fedor Vitiugin; Carlos Castillo
Title Comparison of Social Media in English and Russian During Emergencies and Mass Convergence Events Type Conference Article
Year 2019 Publication Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management Abbreviated Journal Iscram 2019
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Social Media, Crisis Informatics, Twitter, Information Extraction.
Abstract Twitter is used for spreading information during crisis events. In this paper, we first retrieve event-related information

posted in English and Russian during six disasters and sports events that received wide media coverage in both

languages, using an adaptive information filtering method for automating the collection of about 100 000 messages.

We then compare the contents of these messages in terms of 17 informational and linguistic features using a

difference in differences approach. Our results suggest that posts in each language are focused on different types

of information. For instance, almost 50% of the popular people mentioned in these messages appear exclusively

in either the English messages or the Russian messages, but not both. Our results also suggest differences in the

adoption of platform mechanics during crises between Russian-speaking and English-speaking users. This has

important implications for data collection during crises, which is almost always focused on a single language.
Address Independent;Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iscram Place of Publication Valencia, Spain Editor Franco, Z.; González, J.J.; Canós, J.H.
Language English Summary Language English Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2411-3387 ISBN 978-84-09-10498-7 Medium
Track T8- Social Media in Crises and Conflicts Expedition Conference 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2019)
Notes Approved no
Call Number ISCRAM @ idladmin @ Serial 1916
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