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#NoDAPL: Tweeting the Dakota Access Pipeline protest by Will Corban Spring 2017 Background The planned Dakota Access Pipeline would carry shale oil from northern North Dakota to Illinois The pipelines route runs through land


  1. #NoDAPL: Tweeting the Dakota Access Pipeline protest by Will Corban Spring 2017

  2. Background ● The planned Dakota Access Pipeline would carry shale oil from northern North Dakota to Illinois ● The pipeline’s route runs through land belonging to indigenous people ● Protesters camped at Standing Rock from April 2016 to February 22, 2017 when they were forcibly removed ● Protests involved indigenous rights, environmental issues, and Photo by Marlene Tsosie Bad Warrior. From http://blogs.jccc.edu/campusledger/2016/10/07/pipeline-protests-at-standing-rock-continue/ energy use

  3. Word Cloud

  4. Word Cloud ● Organizes the Twitter conversation ● Reveals core concerns of participants ● Connects #NoDAPL to related issues ● Highlights primary focus on indigenous rights

  5. Social Network Analysis

  6. Social Network Analysis ● Shows popular and influential users ● Creates groups based on Twitter conversations ● Connects retweets and mentions with their “owners”

  7. Social Network Analysis

  8. Theory The Filter Bubble A New Algorithmic Identity Eli Pariser John Cheney-Lippold ● Separates groups online based on beliefs ● Sorts internet users based on habits ● Creates self-curated “echo chamber” that ● Produces new results from prior mirrors one’s own ideas searches/interactions ● Blocks out opposing views and alternate ● Dictates how the internet and search perspectives engines present information ● Reduces diversity of online community and stifles discussion

  9. Works Cited Cheney-Lippold, John. “A New Algorithmic Identity: Soft Biopolitics and the Modulation of Control.” Theory, Culture & Society 28, no. 6 (2011) : 164-181. “Dakota Pipeline: What’s behind the controversy?,” US & Canada, BBC News , accessed April 29, 2017, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37863955 Pariser, Eli. “Beware of online ‘filter bubbles.’” Presentation at Ted2011: Invention and Consequence, Long Beach, CA, March 3, 2011.

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