Syrian Refugee Migration and Return on Social Media

• In Event: Conflict and Return Migration

Brief Overview

This paper analyzes how the widespread use of social media has recorded considerations around displacement and return for Syrian refugees using social media text and image data from three widely used platforms (Twitter, Telegram, and Facebook)

Authors

• Erin Walk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Kiran Garimella, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology