![]() This data helps to create a picture that quantifies the “infodemic risk” of a particular location. ![]() The observatory analyzes geolocalized Tweets, aggregated at the country level, to estimate the fraction of automated posts taking place in the public discussion. “We’ve seen a number of developers and researchers use the COVID-19 data stream to understand public perceptions, sentiment, and the evolution of people’s attitudes about the pandemic over time,” explained Amy.įor example, the CoMuNe Lab with the Bruno Kessler Foundation used Twitter data to create the COVID-19 Infodemic Observatory. Fighting the pandemic with TwitterĪpart from climate change, Twitter hashtags data have also enabled the company to build and open applications for a COVID-19 stream endpoint to help developers and researchers access data for studies in support of the public good. This observation could spark discussions and campaigns about the consequences of climate change and why it should not be taken lightly. For example, Twitter’s partner Brandwatch found that although many people on Twitter pointed out climate change was an underlying cause for the #AustralianBushfire devastation, their Tweets accounted for only 7% of the conversation about what happened. Twitter also hopes to collaborate with both public and private partners on using their data as an insights engine. In fact, the PetaBencana.id platform has been adopted by government agencies such as the National Emergency Management Agency (BNPB) and NGOs to monitor flood events, improve response times, and share time-critical emergency information with residents – and even in other countries: the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Vietnam,” said Amy. “We’ve seen how Twitter data can be used in real-time to provide vital support to people on the ground in times of extreme weather such as the Jakarta floods. This includes helping local communities during unforeseen extreme weather events to seek rescue efforts, share resources, and raise funds as well as research to study public sentiments about climate change without human bias.Īmy also hopes that the successful use cases will also see them continue their work with NGOs and governments to harness the power of Tweets to make informed decisions. ![]() Developers can use the API to analyze things like the evolution of climate change trends over time, build tools for a good cause or enable academic research,” said Amy.Īt the same time, Amy added that they are seeing unlimited opportunities for how developers can utilize the Twitter API for further research and innovation to support how to understand and respond to the global climate emergency. With climate change, Tweets offer valuable information about what’s happening around the globe before, during, and after these natural disasters. “Through our public API, developers can build innovative solutions on and glean insights from the public conversation, helping governments, businesses, and people advance their collective understanding about any given topic. After: At this time, the conversation on Twitter begins to shift towards humanitarian assistance like donation drives for supplies, rescue or medical assistance, and financial contributions to help people in the affected community.At the apex of such events, conversations on Twitter spike the most as people Tweet about what they are experiencing in real-time. During: As the extreme weather event begins to affect people, alarms start to raise on Twitter.People also Tweet about their preparations, such as readying their home or neighborhood for a fire or creating flood or hurricane defenses for critical structures. Before: Even before the natural disaster affects areas, people Tweet about things they notice in nature, like higher water levels, or drier and hotter-than-usual temperatures.The key moments are summarized as follows: In collaboration with award-winning creative studio Design I/O, Twitter has unveiled an interactive webpage to explore how conversations evolved on Twitter during each extreme weather event. Following natural disasters like the Jakarta flooding in Indonesia, Australian bushfires, and Typhoon Hagibis in Japan, Twitter worked with Peta Bencana and Twitter Official Partners Brandwatch, and NTT Data respectively to help local communities understand trends in conversation data. ![]() ![]() Twitter provides companies and individuals with programmatic access to Twitter data through its public application programming interfaces (APIs), allowing them to build apps and tools for consumers to draw insights out of Twitter. ![]()
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