Using Social Media to Extract Information About Chemical Weapons Incidents A Methodology and Demonstration of Concept from the Civil War in Syria

Policymakers across the federal government have begun to recognize the potential of social media as a source of information and have commissioned studies to explore how social media can improve disaster situational awareness, influence public opinion, augment traditional data sources, and counter disinformation. In this project, RAND Corporation researchers developed an approach for analyzing social media data to derive insights about chemical incidents and conducted a proof of concept of that approach by applying it to the case of chemical weapons employment in Syria between 2017 and 2018. They identified a four-step process: (1) Identify operationally relevant factors and examine known events to find incident indicators, (2) develop a feed of social media data, (3) conduct automated daily scans for elevated keyword use in Twitter data, and (4) analyze posts to verify detection and extract information. The procedure showed promise. B

ISBN:	9781977406446
Publisher:	RAND Corporation
Imprint:	RAND Corporation
Published date:	30 Apr 2022
DEWEY:	358.3482
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xvii, 89
Weight:	154g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	6mm

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