Megan MacDuffee Metzger
Megan MacDuffee Metzger was formerly a Graduate Research Associate at NYU's Center for Social Media an Politics.
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Journal Article
Digital Dissent: An Analysis of the Motivational Contents of Tweets From an Occupy Wall Street Demonstration
Motivation Science, 2019
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Journal Article
How Social Media Facilitates Political Protest: Information, Motivation, and Social Networks
Advances in Political Psychology, 2018
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Journal Article
Social Media and EuroMaidan: A Review Essay
Slavic Review, 2017
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Book
Big Data, Social Media, and Protest: Foundations for a Research Agenda
Computational Social Science: Discovery and Prediction, 2016
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Journal Article
Tweeting Identity? Ukrainian, Russian and #EuroMaidan
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016
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Report
Tweeting the Revolution: Social Media Use and the #Euromaidan protests
To better understand how social media is used in a protest setting, we collect data from the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine and find that social media provides a space to share information, as well as mobilize offline organization.
February 28, 2014
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Analysis
Tweeting the Revolution: Social Media Use and the #Euromaidan Protests
Our analysis of Twitter and Facebook data suggests that social media continues to be a pivotal organization tool for those in Kiev and also the most relevant mechanism for disseminating and exchanging information both within Ukraine and abroad.
February 21, 2014
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Analysis
As Police Raid Protests in Ukraine, Protesters Turn to Twitter and Facebook
Social media continues to play an important role in the protests in Ukraine. As the situation changes, social media users are adapting their strategies online to meet shifting needs as they emerge on the ground.
December 11, 2013
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Analysis
How Ukrainian Protestors are Using Twitter and Facebook
We collected tweets mentioning the most common Twitter hashtags and available Facebook data of the Kiev protest since the morning of November 25, and found that Ukrainian social media users are strategically using the tools available to them to organize and spread information about the protests.
December 4, 2013
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Analysis
A Breakout Role for Twitter? Extensive Use of Social Media in the Absence of Traditional Media by Turks in Turkish in Taksim Square Protests
This trend suggests that Turkish protesters are replacing the traditional reporting with crowd-sourced accounts of the protest expressed through social media.
June 1, 2013