Uloga Twittera u informiranju javnosti tijekom poplava 2014.

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Role of Twitter in Informing the Public during the Floodings in 2014
• Author: Duška Burić
• Mentor: Jelena Jurišić (mentor)
• Committee member: Jelena Jurišić
• Committee member: Anđelka Raguž
• Committee member: Ivan Burić
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Communication Sciences); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2014-09-30, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences; Communicology

Abstract

Društvena mreža Twitter bilježi sve veću popularnost kod korisnika diljem svijeta pa
tako i u Hrvatskoj. Specifičnost ove mreže je što stvara zajednicu ljudi povezujući ih oko iste
tematike te područja interesa. Upravo je zbog svoje strukture te većinom otvorenih profila ova
društvena mreža pogodna za praćenje izvanrednih vijesti i novosti u stvarnom vremenu.
Upravo su korisnici Twittera sve češće korišten uzorak pri istraživanju raznih događaja među
kojima su i prirodne katastrofe. Upravo je jedna takva katastrofa pogodila područje Srbije,
Bosne i Hercegovine te istočne Hrvatske u svibnju ove godine. Poplave nezapamćenih
razmjera aktivirale su korisnike društvenih mreža na organizaciju prikupljanja pomoći te
drugih volonterskih aktivnosti diljem cijele regije. Cilj ovog rada bio je analizirati
kvantitativne podatke o broju tweetova koji su se odnosili na poplave tijekom svibnja i lipnja
te analizirati najpopularnije tweetove odnosno korisnike.

Abstract (english)

In the recent years social network Twitter has gained popularity among users in
Croatia and around the world. The distinctive characteristic of Twitter is that its users create a
community based on the same area of interest and the same topics. Because of its structur and
the profiles, which are usually public, Twitter is suitable for following breaking news and
real-time news. This is the reason why Twitter users are often used a relevant sample in
different research, including research on natural disasters. In May 2014 a natural disaster hit
areas of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and eastern Croatia. Severe floods that hit these
areas activated social network users to get involved in providing assistance and other
volunteering activities across the region. The main goal of this thesis was to analyze
quantitative data about the numbers of tweets which referred to floods and to analyze the most
popular tweets, that is, the most popular users in May and June of 2014.

• Keywords: Twitter; društvene mreže; društveni mediji; hashtag; poplave; poplave u regiji 2014.; prirodne katastrofe; Srbija; Bosna i Hercegovina; Hrvatska; internet
• Keywords (english): Twitter; social networks; social media; hashtag; floods; floods in region 2014.; natural disasters; Serbia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Internet
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:479466
• Study programme: Title: Department of Communication Studies; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra komunikologije (magistar/magistra komunikologije)
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• Created on: 2015-10-15 09:18:53