Big Data for Media Development

Big Data and Data VerificationWhat does big data mean to Internews?

What is Big Data?

In information technology, big data is a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using “normal” database management tools or traditional data processing applications. The challenges of processing this data include how to capture, to curate, to storage, to search, to share, to analyze, and to visualize it. The appeal to use larger data sets is driven by the additional information available from analysis of a single large set of related data, as compared to separate smaller sets with the same total amount of data, allowing correlations to be found to spot trends, determine quality of research, run preventive analysis, spot correlations, model risks, and determine real-time impacts of events.

WHAT DOES BIG DATA HAS TO DO WITH INTERNEWS?

Data verification

ELECTUA.ORG

Verified reports

Unverified reports

Falsifying/Verifying

the content

Falsifying/Verifying the

source

Falsifying/Verifying

the context

Verification of the source

Social Media IDID of the

Content on the Social media

ID of the Network

ID of the trusting network

Influence

Location

Timing

Media authentication

Direct engagement

Crowdsourcing

Verification of the

content

Language

Pictures/Video

Follow up with source

TriangulationTime and place

Content ID on Social Network

Crowdsourcing

Verification the context

Factual context

Global Context

Time and Location

Crowdsourcing

1. Separated Trusted and untrusted sources2. Trusted sources verify untrusted sources3. Verification protocols and technics4. Putting the burden of the verification process

on the user

Different technics to verify

Falsification is always possible…

..but so is verification!

+

TRUTH….? =

The question is not if we can verify crowdsourced information or use big data in our work, the question is how do we make the verified data actionable, timely

and relevant for decision makers

THANK YOU

ANAHI AYALA [email protected]

@INFO_INNOVATION@ANAHI_AYALA