Posted on 02/03/2013 1:11:49 PM PST by Lazamataz
I. Introduction Social media platforms are changing the way organizations are communicating to the public Conversations are happening all the time and everywhere. There is need for the Communications Group to be timely and proactively aware of the reactions and opinions expressed by the general public as it relates to the Federal Reserve and its actions on a variety of subjects.
II. Social Listening Platforms Social media listening platforms are solutions that gather data from various social media outlets and news sources. They monitor billions of conversations and generate text analytics based on predefined criteria. They can also determine the sentiment of a speaker or writer with respect to some topic or document. The information gathered can guide the organizations public relations group in assessing the effectiveness of communication strategies.
Here are some of the services it can offer: o Track reach and spread of your messages and press releases o Handle crisis situations o Continuously monitor conversations o Identify and reach out to key bloggers and influencers o Spot emerging trends, discussions themes and topics
A. Geographic scope of social media sites The solution must support content coming from different countries and geographical regions. It should also support multiple languages.
B. Content and Data Types The solution must be able to gather data from the primary social media platforms –Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Forums and YouTube. It should also be able to aggregate data from various media outlets such as: CNN, WSJ, Factiva etc.
C. Reports and Metrics The solution must provide real-time monitoring of relevant conversations. It should provide sentiment analysis (positive, negative or neutral) around key conversational topics. It must be able to provide summaries or high level overviews of a specific set of topics. It should have a configurable dashboard that can easily be accessed by internal analysts or management. The dashboard must support customization by user or group access. The solution should provide an alerting mechanism that automatically sends out reports or notifications based a predefined trigger.
D. FRBNY Technology Integration The solution must be able to integrate with existing FRBNY technologies such as: Google Search appliance, Lotus notes suite and web trends.It must have support for single sign on or windows integrated authentication.
E. Cost Structure The solution should offer a flexible pricing structure that can support multiple user licensing. It should also have the option to base pricing on content volume and usage. Supplier acknowledges an understanding of and agrees to comply with the above minimum solutions requirements.
I may be old fashioned about this in the practicality and trust sense, but I don’t think the CIA nor the NSA needs to fess up about such things with the understanding any activity is strictly for national security. Forcing the hand of these agencies will either make it a “legal” necessity permitting more of the same on a much larger scale, or an “illegal” impossibility subject to greater oversight and, therefore, much less needed intel.
Thank cue...
“Again IMHO the only secure method of communicating does not include the use of a computer. Encryption of any type doesn’t help when they have the master key. Sounds paranoid but then I’ve been been around stuff you normally read about in a Tom Clancy novel.”
Thanks for posting your information. I recall you and I had useful conversation about electricity/solar panels/batteries on one of our prepper threads. When driftdiver posts, I listen.
“FR is one of the sites they also monitor.”
I figured they did. Hope they learn how to survive an emergency by reading our prepper threads. I am so old they probably think I’m dead anyway.
Oh my, I’m gonna have to be careful.
yup me too
What a waste...of time and money!
“If a (Software) tool is commissioned and paid for by the government, then the misuse of that tool (for partisan political gain) is most assuredly against the law, or should be.”
Not if it’s out there for the public to use. Super Pacs have the money to pay for mining for political reasons. Also, the govn. put money in to develop the internet but we all use it.
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No, you are flat-out wrong.
First, you're begging the question, ARE these software tools, authored by the government, available to the public? I contend they are not, certainly not the high-caliber ones employed by the CIA, NSA, and the like.
Second, public availability of a given Federal resource does not excuse the Federal government employing the same resource in a politically partisan way. There are specific laws prohibiting the use of Federal property or appropriated funds for partisan political purposes.
“ARE these” is the question and we don't know that answer. We are stopped right there until we know that.
I just sent you Freepmail about a certain state.
Just to offset the doom and gloom, Republicans are doing great at the state and local level.
The GOPe can KMA, though.
“Just to offset the doom and gloom, Republicans are doing great at the state and local level.”
Yes, they are and many are standing up to Hussein’s push to take our guns, limit guns we can buy, and all the rest. There are 30+ states with R governors. I think they are our life line right now.
Am I safe on Match.com?
I love what SC is doing. I hope that passes.
“I love what SC is doing. I hope that passes.”
That bill they have in their Senate and one like it in their House, is spectacular - I laughed and laughed and thought how grand that was.
108: Great post, totally agree.
Yep, Queensbury vs. Alinsky rules is a foregone conclusion.
The stupid party vs the evil party.
Hear! Hear!
The temptation will be irresistible to use Social Network Analysis (SNA) to plan a “decapitation strike” against “enemy” political groups.
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Your essay fictional essay came to my mind when I read about the recent murder of that SEAL at the firing range. Twitchy perhaps, but I am on my guard too.
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