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 collect messages posted on the platforms by various political actors and analyze the content of the messages. Therefore, Blue Shirt decided to collect the posts and messages that received the highest interactions among the social media users ranging from the highest to 1,000 total interactions on Facebook and 50 most viewers' messages on Telegram during our observation. With the highest interactions, we believe those posts and messages had a significant impact on public opinion, either negatively or positively. In this observation, instead of merely mapping out the messages posted on social media, we decided to seek out messages that contribute to societal values whether they promote liberal and democratic values or divide society by promoting hate speech and violence, and examine how citizens were mobilized and specific means to resolve the current political and armed conflicts.

Copyright © 2024 BSI