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FUTURE POLICY MODELLING (FUPOL) SOCIAL MEDIA www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA PART I - WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS (Overview of the Social Media) What is Web 2.0 ? Main differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 Web-based services and applications What is Social Media ? Social media tools Other concepts Classification of Social Media Platforms List of Platforms Groups of Users in Social Media www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS What is Web 2.0 ? was created by Tim O'Reilly in O' Reilly Press Web 2.0 meeting in 2004 is the second generation of Web development and Internet services is a combination of technologies, services and platforms A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in contrast to websites where people are limited to the passive viewing of content (wikipedia.com) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol The Evolution of Web SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Web 2.0 is based on six key ideas (Report by the Technology and Standards Watch - Anderson, 2007): o Individual production and User Generated Content o Harness the power of the crowd o Data on an epic scale o Architecture of Participation o Network Effects o Openness www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Main differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 Web 1.0 was about connectivity Web 3.0 will be about personalization The main differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Web-based services and applications • Web-based services and applications based on Web 2.0 concept include: o Blogs o Wikis o Tagging and Social Bookmarking o Folksonomy versus collabulary o Multimedia sharing o Audio blogging and podcasting o RSS and syndication www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Some Web-based services and applications based on Web 2.0 concept SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS WHAT IS A BLOG ? Simple webpage consisting of brief paragraphs of opinion, information, personal diary entries, or links, called posts, arranged chronologically (first - the most recent), in the style of an online journal 100 % suitable for e-participation Comments can be controlled and unpublished Pictures, videos etc can be easily amended and structured Comments can be added for the specific topics www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS WHAT IS A WIKI ? Wiki: a webpage or set of webpages that can be easily edited by anyone who is allowed Potentially suitable for discussions in political discussions in e-participation – suitable as a tool for collaborative content and knowledge generation access (e.g. Wikipedia). A wiki enables communities to write documents collaboratively, using a simple markup language and a web browser www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS What is Social Media ? Some definitions of Social Media: • • • • interactive platforms via which individuals and communities create and share user-generated content a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content (Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein) social software which mediate human communication (wikipedia.com) People using free online tools (video, Twitter & blogs) and sites (Facebook & MySpace) to connect, share info and converse The relation between Web 2.0, Social Media and Social Networking There are more than 50 definitions of Social Media www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Social media tools (Five core social media tools Government Information Services, 2011) o Social networks – websites (e.g. Facebook and Twitter) o Media-sharing networks (e.g. YouTube and Flickr) o Blogs (short for weblog) (e.g. Blogger and WordPress) o Wikis (e.g. Wikipedia) o Forums www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Other concepts • Social Networking Social Networking The relation between Social Media and Social Networking www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Other concepts • Social Networking Sites • Social Networking Services • Social Media Platforms offer Social Media Services The relation between Social Network, Social Network Service and Social Networking www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Most Popular Social Networking Sites (November 2012) SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Advantages of Social Networks Risks of Social Networks More interaction for users Cyber-bullying Continuous creation of new tools New Violation of privacy Exposure ways of conducting business Grooming Forget about distance www.fupol.eu content www.facebook.com/fupol to harmful SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Classification of social networks (European Commission) o Generalist social networks (MySpace, Facebook, Skyrock, Bebo, Netlog, Hyves, StudiVZ.de, Piczo, Zap.lu, MSN, Giovani.it, Arto.dk, Yahoo, One.lt, Grono, Tuenti, Aha.bg) o Content-based platforms (Youtube, Dailymotion, Flickr) o Business networks (LinkedIn, Ecademy) o Child networks (Club Penguin, Barbiegirls.com) o Micro-blogging networks (Twitter) o Virtual environments (Second Life, Habbo Hotel) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Classification of Social Media Platforms (Childnet International) Sites that are primarily organised around users’ profiles (e.g. Bebo, Facebook and MySpace) Sites that are organised around collections of content (e.g. Flickr where groups and comments are based around pictures, Shelfari where the focus is on the bookshelf of each user, YouTube.com for video sharing) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Other categories of platforms (Childnet International) White-label social PeopleAggregator) networking services (e.g. Multi-user virtual environments (e.g. World of Warcraft) Mobile social networking services: mobile phone versions of social networking sites (e.g. MySpace and Twitter offers mobile versions), or mobile exclusive sites (e.g. MYUBO) Micro-blogging/presence updates (e.g. Twitter and Jaiku) allow to publish short (140 characters) messages; these services are designed to work as mobile services, but are used on the web as well www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Conversations in Social Media www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Framework used to compare and contrast the functionalities and implications of different social media (Kietzmann et al., 2011) The honeycomb of Social Media www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Example of functionalities of three different Social Media sites Contrasting the functionalities of different sites www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS List of platforms (that have signed the principles proposed by European Commission regarding security and protection, Exception – Diaspora) Arto.com www.arto.com o Year of release: 1998 o the largest social networking site (Denmark) appealing largely to teenagers o offers a safe place to communicate with others online o offers to Danish users an opportunity to relax and get in touch with old relationships and new friends www.fupol.eu Banzai o Year of release: 2006 by Paul Ainio and Andrea Di Camillo o Italian group focused on internet market and media market, ecommerce and web services o over 7 million unique users o controls more than 20 companies o aims to grow in the Italian web market with an integrated project that would develop the online media in synergy with the activities of e-commerce and web services www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Bebo www.bebo.com o Year of release: 2005 o popular social media network o more than 50 million registered users worldwide o currently present in: UK, IE, DE, IT, ES, FR, PL and NL o Bebo's users spend an average of 25 minutes a day on the site o combines community, selfexpression and entertainment o enables its users to consume, create, discover, share professional and user-generated content through the Bebo Web site www.fupol.eu Dailymotion www.dailymotion.com o over 41.9 million unique monthly viewers worldwide (comScore, December 2008) o accessible from every European country o a top 60 website worldwide o uses the most advanced technology for both users and content creators o provides high-quality and HD video in a fast, easy-to-use website that automatically filters infringing material notified by content owners o mission: to provide the best possible entertainment experience for users and the best marketing opportunities for advertisers, while respecting content protection www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Diaspora http://blog.diasporafoundation.org/ o open-source and distributed community of social networks run by users o enables the users to own their own personal data, control with whom they share, and discover cool stuff throughout the Web www.fupol.eu Facebook www.facebook.com o is presently the largest social network globally o over 750 million users o Facebook users must be over 13 to register o requires to users to register with their real names and information o only one personal profile may be created o users must not create an account for anyone other than themselves without permission o Facebook has developed a privacy policy and its terms of use are elaborate, yet security and data protection issues still arise www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Google+ (Google Plus or G+) www.plus.google.com o on September 20, 2011, Google+ was opened to everyone 18 years of age or older o on January 26, 2012 - opened for a younger age group (13+ years old in US and most countries, 14+ in South Korea and Spain, 16+ in Netherlands) o on January 19, 2012, Google+ had surpassed a user base of 90 million o integrates social services: Google Profiles and Google Buzz o introduces new services: Circles, Hangouts and Sparks o is available as a website and on mobile devices www.fupol.eu Hyves http://hyves.nl o leading Dutch social network and Holland's most visited website o almost 8 million people, 50% of the Dutch population, visits Hyves monthly, generating over 5 billion page views www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS LinkedIn www.linkedin.com o founded in December 2002 o launched in May 2003 o is a business-related social networking site o is mainly used for professional networking o on 3 November 2011, LinkedIn reports more than 135 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories o the site is available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish and Japanese www.fupol.eu MySpace www.myspace.com o is a premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world o has localized sites in: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom o other European localized sites include Norway and Switzerland o has created a connected community by integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, email, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS NaszaKlasa www.nasza-klasa.pl o in use since 11th of November 2006 o social networking site gathering Internet users who want to find classmates o over 20 million profiles o makes possible to rebuild relations with colleagues from kindergarden, primary school, high school or college o created by four students www.fupol.eu Ning www.ning.com o launched in October 2005 o online platform for people and organizations to create custom social networks o offers customers the ability to create a community website with a customized appearance and feel, feature sets: photos, videos, forums and blogs and the service layers in support for “Like”, integration with Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo! o offers 3 plans to its customers: Mini, Plus and Pro o plans are offered with varying feature offerings and range in price so that customers can choose a plan that best fits the goal for their community www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Netlog www.netlog.com o leading social networking destination for young Europeans o has over 40 million users o currently available in 25 languages o provides a fun environment where people communicate with friends, like-minded people and local communities www.fupol.eu ONE.LT www.one.lt o the most popular online social networking site in Lithuania o close to one million unique users o serving around 1 billion page views every month o is operated by Forticom UAB, part of the Forticom Group, which also operates leading social networking sites in Latvia, Poland, Russian Federation and the Ukraine www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Piczo, Inc. www.piczo.com o 4 of the top 10 countries where Piczo has their strongest visitor base are in the EU: Germany (number 1), Norway, Romania, Bulgaria o 35million registered users worldwide o 55% of those members being in the EU o 88% of those being under 18 years of age o empowers teens worldwide to creatively express themselves, build personal communities, and share experiences with their friends in a safe environment o Piczo's customizable content, colourful graphics, glitter text, video, and photo tools spotlight member creativity without requiring technical skills www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Rate.ee www.rate.ee o launched in 2002 o the largest social networking site in Estonia o has over 300,000 active users comprising a one fifth of the population o has grown to a fully fledged online community featuring friends lists, blogs, albums, and many other services o EMT, the largest telecom company in the country, acquired a majority stake in Rate.ee in 2006 SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Skyrock.com www.skyrock.com o social network dedicated to the New Generation o 33.143 million Skyrock accounts worldwide (2009) o frequented by over 15.923 million of Unique Visitors in Europe (reach: 5.7%). o available in 14 international versions o in European countries: France, England, Deutschland, Spain, Nederland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway o offering its members a free, personal web space where they can create a blog, add a profile, and exchange messages with other registered members o also offers a specific space for members who create blogs showcasing their original musical compositions www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol studiVZ Ltd www.studiVZ.net www.meinVZ.net www.schuelerVZ.net o 5 million registered users under 18 and 8 million registered users older than 18 o is in Germany, Austria, Switzerland o provides three social networking communities: 1. studiVZ - only for university students from about 18 to 26 years 2. meinVZ - only for alumni and for people who do not study at a university 3. schuelerVZ - only for pupils in the age between 12 and 21 years SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Tagged www.tagged.com o founded in 2004 o is a social networking site o visited by 6.2 million US users each month o 20.4 million users worldwide o in May 2010 Tagged moved towards social discovery by opening up its own in-house gaming division o based in San Francisco, California, United States o is a large social network focused on helping others meet new people o also allows members to browse people, play games www.fupol.eu Viadeo www.viadeo.com o Web 2.0 professional social network o over 35 million members worldwide o available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish o headquartered in Paris o the company has offices in the United Kingdom (London), Spain (Madrid and Barcelona) and Italy (Milan) o has a presence in America, with offices in the USA (San Francisco) and through its Mexican and Canadian subsidiaries o very active in the Asian market through Tianji.com (China) and ApnaCircle.com (India) o Members include business owners, entrepreneurs and managers from a diverse range of enterprises www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Tuenti www.tuenti.com o Spain-based, invitation only private social networking website o targeted at the Spanish audience o currently accessible only to those who have been invited o allows users to set up a profile, upload photos, link videos and connect with friends, offers the ability to create events o doesn’t use banner advertising o has created a private social platform where user can keep updated with its friends by sharing photos, commenting on videos, creating events or recommending activities o invests in consolidating itself as the safest platform for its users www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Twitter www.twitter.com o created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey o launched in July 2006 o is an online social networking service and microblogging service o enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known as tweets o rapidly gained worldwide popularity o over 300 million users (2011) o over 300 million tweets o handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day o described as "the SMS of the Internet" SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Windows Live www.live.com o more than 460 million customers around the world rely on Windows Live for sharing e-mail, messaging, photos and files within their networks of friends, family members, business associations www.fupol.eu ZAP S.A. www.zap.lu o provides the following services: − Social Networking − Personalized Web Presence − Eventand Nightlifereports − Chat − Agenda Country coverage: Luxembourg www.facebook.com/fupol XING www.xing.com o founded in 2003 o social network focusing on professionals and business o has roots on German speaking countries o Turkey and Spain accelerating member growth o Spain recently passing the 1.5 million users SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Facebook - the most popular Friend-Oriented Social Network o Europeans spend more time on Facebook than any other site o Facebook is evolving to accommodate business pages vs. individual profiles o similar network: MySpace Percentage of Time Spent on Top 100 Properties in Europe www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Facebook - Statistics o o 5,000,000,000 – # of minutes spent on Facebook every day 1,000,000,000 – # of content (web links, news, blogs post, photos etc) share on Facebook each week Top 5 U.S. Social Networking Sites Facebook Statistics www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Distribution of Social Networks in the world and the spreading of Facebook (2009 and 2011) The distribution of Social Networks in the world and the spreading of Facebook in 2009 www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol The distribution of Social Networks in the world and the spreading of Facebook in 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • o o o o Creating a Facebook account Information required: − first name − last name − email address − account passwords − date of birth Once this information has been provided, Facebook will invite you to find friends based on contacts you already have via your existing email account You can upload a picture to initiate your profile Each step after the initial name, email and date of birth can be skipped and modified later www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Facebook Log In page SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS The Difference Between a Page and Profile on Facebook o Facebook Profiles are for people/individuals o Facebook Pages are for organizations, companies and businesses o Main differences between Pages and Profiles: − on a profile, someone is your “friend”; on a page, someone is your “fan” − with a profile, you can send messages to one or more friends, that go directly to their inbox on Facebook; as a page, you can only send updates − pages and profiles can both post status updates, links, photos, etc. that appear in their fans’/friends’ news feeds − pages cannot “add” people as friends www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS The difference between a business account and a personal account Business accounts: are designed for people who only want to use Facebook to manage Pages and ad campaigns unlike personal accounts, business accounts can't be found in search, send or receive friend requests or build apps A Facebook PROFILE is a Personal Account on Facebook A Facebook PAGE is a Business Account on Facebook www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Twitter - a powerful Microblogging Network allows users send short messages (up to 140 characters long) about what is happening now primary target: to help users share short fresh content and interesting news is ideal for News websites, Blogs, Press Releases and for Opinion Leaders/Experts www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol A brief history of Twitter SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Twitter – Statistics o 1382% – Monthly Growth Rate of Twitter (Jan to Feb 2009) o 3,000,000 Tweets per Day on Twitter How people use Twitter www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Sign in to Twitter SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS LinkedIn - a Professional Social Network with millions of users globally is a Business-Oriented Social Networking website allows users to publish their profiles, upload their CVs and connect with other Professionals and Companies both companies and professionals can create a Profile on the service is great for sharing news, business related articles and press releases, for finding and maintaining Business Contacts and for recruiting similar services: Xing (very popular in Germany) and Viadeo (very popular in France) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Linkedin Join Linkedin www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Average minutes per visitor to socialmedia sites in January 2012 (The Wall Street Journal) SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS YouTube - the most well known Video-Sharing Community the most popular video sharing community in the world Google estimates that YouTube’s reach is 500 million users (around 32.2% of the Internet) every minute more than 24 hours of video are uploaded YouTube allows both users and companies to create channels and upload their videos it is ideal for creating and sharing Funny/Witty Videos, posting Advertising Messages, Music, Online Contests, News and How-to Videos similar video sharing network: Vimeo www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • YouTube - Statistics o 412.3 years – length of time it would take to view every YouTube video o 100,000,000 – # of YouTube videos viewed per day YouTube Search (29% of total views) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Statistics SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS Groups of Users in Social Media o o o o content producer or content creator by publishing digital pictures, video recordings, post blog entries, write reviews and post comments to articles online, etc. content mediator by storing/forwarding the digital content of various forms content consumer by reading articles, viewing photos and videos, etc. hybrid categories combine one or more of the mentioned above categories (e.g. content prosumer is both a producer and a consumer of content) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA WEB 2.0 AND ITS USERS • Group of users provided by Forrester Research (2010) A detailed breakdown of user groups provided by Forrester Research www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA PART II - CONTENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH CROWD SOURCING Definition/Concepts Types of Content in Social Media Purpose of Content in Social Media www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH CROWD SOURCING Definition/Concepts • Judgment Aggregation: when a group or collective organization is given an epistemic task, its performance may depend on its aggregation procedure (e.g. its mechanism for aggregating the group members’ individual beliefs or judgments into corresponding collective beliefs or judgments endorsed by the group as a whole) • Aggregation procedure: a mechanism by which a group can generate collectively endorsed beliefs or judgments on the basis of the group members’ individual beliefs or judgments • Social network service providers: provide online communication platforms which enable individuals to publish and exchange information with other users. The service providers are data controllers (they determine both the purposes and the means of the processing of such information) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH CROWD SOURCING Types of Content in Social Media • o o o • o • o o User Profile Information web page supported by a range of tools profile pages – allow members to develop and present an image of themselves to the world, to establish and project their online identities displays of preferences (favourite music, books and films, for example) allow members to share information about themselves User Generated Content (UGC) (or Consumer-Generated Media (CGM)) materials created and uploaded to the Internet (e.g. a comment left on Amazon.com, a professional-quality video uploaded to YouTube, a student’s profile on Facebook) by nonmedia professionals (Interactive Advertising Bureau, 2008) Third Party Content links or embedded content hosted somewhere else (e.g. a video hosted at YouTube or another video hosting service) but playable on a member’s profile page widget form – widgets can be simple badges (pictures with links back to other sites) or dynamic content (a slide show or the last songs catalogued by a last.fm account). The dynamic content makes it easy to move information, content and links from one social networking service to another www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH CROWD SOURCING Types of Content in Social Media • Collaborative Content o o o by using service tools to create groups, users can collectively create profiles, hold discussions, store, share and comment on objects In-service messaging can be a rich source of informal collaboration Personal data types generally available to social media providers: − Personal Pictures and − First name Videos − Last name − Time zone − City − Religion − Zip code − Sexual orientation − Birth date − Citizenship − Sex − Relations to other users − Email-Address − Political View − Phone number − Education − User-ID − Bank account Information − Hobbies − Credit Card Number − Job − Family status www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH CROWD SOURCING Purpose of Content in Social Media • Evolution the type of content available on the Web from 1990s the majority of web users were consumers of content (created by a relatively small amount of publishers) from 2000s, user-generated content has become increasingly popular on the web and more users participate in content creation, rather than just consumption quality of user-generated content varies from: excellent to abuse and spam (Agichtein, 2008) task of identifying high-quality content sites based on user contributions - social media sites - becomes more important www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA PART III - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS How to integrate Social Media into urban politics E-Politician E-Citizen E-City Administration How to evaluate the Impacts How to engage citizens Social Media and Policy Modelling www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS How to integrate Social Media into urban politics • The ecosystem of social media in urban politics and where the FUPOL tools can assist to formulate a better policy www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS E-Politician The E-Politician needs a personal social media strategy which should contain: personal objectives how to communicate over the new channels which channels to use how to integrate into political campaigns etc. The effort to really engage in social media should not be underestimated and carefully weighted against the potential benefits www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS • Personal Profile The following networks should be used to present the politician and what he stands for: Facebook – biggest social network therefore suitable to address all voters and allows two-way communication (Facebook wall); can be used optionally for short messages (34 lines + one link) LinkedIn – important to address the professional/business community and allows twoway communication; can be used optionally for short messages (3-4 lines + one link) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Example of a Facebook profile RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS • Personal Blog A personal blog should be opened as part of the personal website. It should be used to present topics in greater details with multiple links to pictures and videos. An advantage is the two-way communication: Citizens can comment on the views presented, citizen posts can be screened before final publishing Example of a blog page www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS • • Personal News The short messaging services Twitter should be used to transmit “hot news”, sentiments and/or links to blog entries etc. The main target group are voters and journalists Personal TV Recommendation #5: The video service You-Tube should be used to transmit short videos with a personal touch, campaign messages etc. www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol YouTube used to transmit videos and messages RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS E-Citizen Facebook entries, policy blogs, forums, twitter streams of ecitizens should be analysed by both cities and politicians to get an insight view of the current sentiment, “hot topics” and challenges This is addressed by the FUPOL social media crawler and the hot topic sensing modules www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS E-City Administration • Social Media Strategy and Social Media Guidelines The city needs a social media strategy and social media guidelines for employees The strategy should contain: o o o o o • objectives which channels to use responsibilities with the city administration integration of the social medias into the overall media and communication efforts etc. Social media guidelines should contain rules of conduct for employees www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS • City Profile Facebook to be used to present a profile of the city with information and a Facebook wall with short city news. Optionally it could also be opened to citizens for postings o Facebook made a few recommendations for municipalities − official city pages should have the word "government" incorporated into the page name − users are likelier to engage with a page if its administrator is clearly represented − "government" distinction differentiates a city's official page from other closely affiliated organizations (like tourism offices or chambers of commerce) − elected officials who use Facebook must clearly identify their pages with a distinction (City of … — Mayor's Office) www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Example of a Facebook profile RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS Other recommendations Cities should focus on images and graphics to encourage interaction from page visitors and fans best practices for cities to increase the organization's Facebook page: Post succinct content Post photos and videos Post regularly Be timely Maximize opportunities for interaction Give fans access to exclusive information www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol effectiveness of RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS • Examples of Facebook pages Hamburg on Facebook www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Tel Aviv on Facebook RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS • City Blog(s) One or several blogs attached to the city homepage should be implemented to present city topics in greater details with multiple links to pictures and videos. Recommended as a support of active e-participation processes, because it allows two-way communication. Hamburg blog www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol Tel Aviv blog RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS • City News The short messaging services Twitter should be used to transmit “hot news”. It should be used to make meetings of the city council more transparent as well as to promote the city (“event twitters”). • City TV Use You-Tube as part of the city marketing (short videos about the city, events and people) • City internal social network Use social media also to improve communication and collaboration between employees of the city. The internal network should also be analysed by politicians and city decision makers, because it may contain valuable hints what could be improved. www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol FUPOL AND SOCIAL MEDIA The FUPOL Social media cockpit integrates the social media communications and provides advanced analysis and visualization of multiple channels. It also allows a single window two-way communication with several channels. www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol FUPOL AND SOCIAL MEDIA Storage of postings and statistics Analysis www.fupol.eu Analysis www.facebook.com/fupol FUPOL AND SOCIAL MEDIA Challenge: Who is behind a posting ? It is useful to get statistical information about the person behind a posting (e.g. respondent statistics by sex / age) This is a challenge unless linkage information in a personal record is stored cutekarin karin23@hotmail.com Karin Schneider Born 23/1/1996 Vienna, Austria Cutekarin karin23@hotmail.com +2617720101 www.fupol.eu +2617720101 www.facebook.com/fupol ? FUPOL AND SOCIAL MEDIA Hot Topic Sensing complements existing social media presence Backend to automatically analyze messages and group them FUPOL method based on statistical algorithms (LDA) and machine learning – works with any European language Backend system to existing social media presence www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol FUPOL AND SOCIAL MEDIA BLOG USAGE Constrcution projects Budget General Topics Homepage of Mayor Moderator Analysis www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol FUPOL AND SOCIAL MEDIA Decision maker selects priority topic Initiates public discussion through various social media „Single Window“ through central dashboard Malibu Square Renovation Select priority topic and initiate public deliberation www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol We intend to renovate Malibu square,. What should be done ? Send us your ideas ! SOCIAL MEDIA - IMPACT How to evaluate the Impacts • • • • • • Public managers face real challenges in evaluating the impacts of their online participatory activities The most prominent challenge: currently, there are no officially allowed or approved tools available that go beyond mere quantitative counts of website traffic At present: o most agencies have no formal metrics in place o measurement tools provided by vendors are not used Most agencies using social media count their friends and number of likes on Facebook, and their number of Twitter followers Some are using rudimentary measurement techniques offered by thirdparty service provides (e.g. Google Analytics or Facebook Insights) such data do offer indicators of interest in the online activities used by agencies to engage the public, but do not provide information about the impacts and outcomes of such activities www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA - IMPACT How to engage citizens • Social Media can be a valuable asset to the policy maker interested in public opinion, particularly in accessing segments of the population such as youth, who are displaying declining levels of trust in government and largely account for declining election turnouts • Youth display high participation levels in social media • Policy makers can gain access to this segment of the population through social networking sites and involve citizens in the design phase of the policy making cycle • It is important to actively engage citizens • A recent research provides an insight into the engagement strategy www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA - IMPACT a. The best time to post is between 8 PM and 7 AM • • The analysis showed it was best to post when fans were not at work: between the hours 8 PM and 7 AM Post during non-busy hours to increase likes and comments The best time to post • • The following pictures are taken from a study covering user engagement of the top 100 retailers during a six-month period in 2011 (BuddyMedia, 2011) they are equally valid for citizen engagem ent www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA - IMPACT b. 1-2 Posts/Day and 1-4 Posts/Week is the best frequency for posting • • Posting once or twice per day and one to four times per week, results in a 40% higher respectively 71% higher engagement rate compared with posting more than three times per day respectively more than five posts per week Apparently this creates an information overflow and users are getting less interested www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol The best frequency for posting/day The best frequency for posting/week SOCIAL MEDIA - IMPACT c. Short posts are better • • Posts with 80 characters or less in length receive 66% higher engagement than longer posts More concise posts – those between one and 40 characters – generate the most engagement Short posts are better www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA - IMPACT d. Questions tend to spark a dialogue • Posts with questions generate more than double the amount of comments that non-question posts “Question” Posts generate Comment rates double that of “non-question” Posts General citizens might be interested in knowing how a public participation program impacted policy decisions www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA - IMPACT Social Media and Policy Modelling • Social Media are a powerful tool for participatory democracy o they have been used extensively by groups for grassroots mobilization, exchange of ideas and information, and campaigning • Participatory democracy and citizen empowerment can be further enriched by using Social Media (with techniques such as opinion mining) to bridge the gap between citizen and elected leaders in two main ways: o Exchange of information through social media channels e.g. citizens can contact their elected representative and get answers online o Leaders ‘listening in’ to the opinions of the people, as expressed on the Internet, with the assistance of experts www.fupol.eu www.facebook.com/fupol SOCIAL MEDIA References (1) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 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