Context:

Social Media use during violent conflict

In the News:

Social media networks equip activists and intellectuals with avenues to raise issues of importance for their constituencies and networks.

In the context of military conflict, these networks could play a significant role in shaping new political blocs, opportunities, and subjectivities

Peace Science Insights:

• In conflict, social media makes communication for individuals and groups easier and increases the speed and spread of information.
• In conflict, social media generates new data and information about popularity, support, and the conflict environment.

References:

Peace Science Digest Vol. 2, Issue 6. “How Social Media is Changing Conflict” 

The crowds and the individual: why we should rethink how we debate complex issues on social media by Enrico De Angelis and Yazan Badran. Open Democracy. 2018