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verificationjunkie:

Tool: Dynamic Network Analysis

Source: André Panisson

Description: Panisson created a real-time infographic mapping tweets and retweets the day Egypt’s Mubarak was forced out of office. While the visualization in and of itself is interesting. As a tool for verification  it is particularly fascinating on a few levels. It helps you see the flow of information, or misinformation and track it back to its source. In addition, it helps you access who influential people are in a discussion, offering you leads and potential sources. Panisson described the project this way, “It was very interesting to see, in real time, the exact moment when Tahrir Square, from a mass protest demonstration, has been transformed in a giant party, and the burst in the Twitter’s activity. It was like covering in real time a virtual event, a big event that was happening in the Twitter virtual world.”

Relevant Links:

Panisson’s blog post: http://gephi.org/2011/the-egyptian-revolution-on-twitter/

TED Video of Storyful’s Markham Nolan talking about the tool: http://www.ted.com/talks/markham_nolan_how_to_separate_fact_and_fiction_online.html

Fast Company: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663254/infographic-of-the-day-watch-egypts-twitter-uprising-bloom-video

10,000 Words: http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/ifuss-video-sharing-for-journalists_b21315