Exploring the use of #MyAnglophoneCrisisStory on Twitter to understand the impacts of the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis

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Media War and Conflict Pub Date : 2022-06-20 DOI:10.1177/17506352221103487

Soomin Lee, Lynn Cockburn, J. Nganji

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Abstract

Since October 2016, Cameroon has been involved in a violent conflict known as the Anglophone Crisis. This study examines the impact of the hashtag #MyAnglophoneCrisisStory on Twitter in capturing and amplifying the stories of people affected by the crisis. Using R, the authors extracted and analyzed tweets using this hashtag that were posted between 21 October 2020 and 3 November 2020. Only tweets posted in English and French languages were included. To understand the content of the tweets, the authors inductively coded and manually analyzed a total of 1064 tweets, replies, and comments. A categorical analysis revealed the presence of three different types of tweets: ‘Story’, ‘Response to Story’, and ‘Awareness and Advocacy’. The ‘Story’ category had four distinct themes: (1) Senseless Loss of Life: Shot and Killed; (2) The Disappeared: Lost and Kidnapped; (3) On the Move/Elusive Safety: Escape, Displacement; and (4) Prevention and Trauma, Mental Health, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This study supports the concept that even short tweets can have a significant impact and signals the need for more attention and research on this overlooked conflict. Future work can involve the use of more advanced analysis tools to conduct a more thorough examination of tweets.

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探索Twitter上#MyAnglophoneCrisisStory的使用，以了解喀麦隆英语国家危机的影响

自2016年10月以来，喀麦隆一直卷入一场被称为“英语国家危机”的暴力冲突。这项研究考察了Twitter上#MyAnglophoneCrisisStory标签在捕捉和放大受危机影响的人们的故事方面的影响。作者使用R提取并分析了2020年10月21日至2020年11月3日期间发布的使用该标签的推文。只包括用英语和法语发布的推文。为了理解推文的内容，作者归纳编码并手动分析了总共1064条推文、回复和评论。分类分析显示有三种不同类型的推文:“故事”、“对故事的回应”和“意识和倡导”。“故事”类别有四个不同的主题:(1)无谓的生命损失:被枪杀;(二)失踪者:失踪、绑架;(3)移动/难以捉摸的安全:逃逸、位移;(4)预防和创伤，心理健康和创伤后应激障碍。这项研究支持了即使是短推文也能产生重大影响的概念，并表明需要对这一被忽视的冲突进行更多的关注和研究。未来的工作可能涉及使用更高级的分析工具对推文进行更彻底的检查。

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期刊介绍： Media, War & Conflict is a major new international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively and extensively mediated age. It will explore cultural, political and technological transformations in media-military relations, journalistic practices, and new media, and their impact on policy, publics, and outcomes of warfare. Media, War & Conflict is the first journal to be dedicated to this field. It will publish substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, and will include an images section devoted to visual aspects of war and conflict.