Syrian Arab Republic

Six years ago I lived in Damascus, Syria.,   It has already been two years since the beginning of the Arab Spring there. Life was to be planned and lived one day at a time. We adjusted to the new changes and challenges that came. Less electricity, less water, less outdoors time, less air to breathe — and on the other hand, a more expensive life, more crowding, more explosions, more death…, What the News Says About Refugees, I started looking at those data sources differently. Facebook was never the same for me. The Syrian crisis was documented through its pages and  accounts . Twitter was awash with welcoming and far less welcoming hashtags towards refugees. Satellite images were describing what happened in my home country and it was the only way I could know more…, What Effect Does the News Have?, I decided to explore the news using  GDELT  (Global Dataset of Emotions, Language, Tone), the biggest open source collection of news articles with high frequency (15min.) and in over 100 languages. GDELT has been used previously in  measuring refugee flows  in Europe depending on media citation . It is also used to  measure the sentiment  of…,  , What’s Next?, This dashboard would potentially help UNICEF explore locations of countries with negative stories in their media, in order to better target the problem of Xenophobia with customized local campaigns or media training. It can also be useful to spread awareness and empathy towards migrants and refugees by allowing the public to participate in…