Social Media Research
Blue Shirt started conducting its social media research in 2021 and has been monitoring from various perspectives on the messages shared by political and military leaders with the public via social media, and their responses to political issues, regarding short-term political goals such as anti-coup movement, armed resistance, and nonviolent civil disobedience, as well as long-term political goals such as democracy and democratic values, and building a federal system.
Summary of Social Media Observation (2024)
During this 12-month study, the Blue Shirt team analyzed content from 27,190 posts from 620 pages and 1,694 messages from 65 Telegram channels. We analyzed the most interacted-with posts by ...
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Social Media Research Phase-3: January to December 2024
To have a better understanding of how messages on social media platforms were shaping the general public’s opinions of the current political conflicts, the Blue Shirt research team decided to ...
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Content Analysis of the 'Buthidaung Incident'
BSI conducted social media research on the content analysis of the Buthidaung Incident. To capture the messages related to the incidents, we decided to collect posts and messages from Facebook ...
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Summary of Social Media Observation (2021-2023)
This summarizes three years of observation (from February 2021 to December 2023) on the ecosystem of political information on social media platforms, focusing on Facebook and Telegram. Using the framework ...
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Understanding “Operation 1027” from Media Reporting
BSI conducted social media research on the media publications about Operation 1027 during one month, starting from October 27th to November 26th, 2023, especially during the early stage of Operation ...
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Social Media Research Phase-2: January to December 2023
Once the whole country rallied behind the anti-coup movement, the objectives of the movement became the establishment of a federal democratic state where all ethnic and religious minorities were equal, ...
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Summary of Social Media Observation (2021-2022)
In order to have a much better understanding of the constantly changing situation, Blue Shirt team explored and analyzed In total 19,602 highest rated posts from 288 pages, 3,033 posts ...
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Social Media Research Phase-1: December 2021 to December 2022
Political communication on Facebook: An analysis of the discourse of key political actors Starting in December 2021, BSI’s research team conducted social media research to better understand how key stakeholders ...
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