Cataphora's Data Analysis Example: Arab Spring

"The 'Arab Spring' video is the first in a series in which we will feature real world usages of different aspects of Cataphora's technology. While we love to talk about complex investigation and analysis of Big Data, such examples rarely lend themselves to being condensed to a short video. Right at the time we were searching for a suitable example, we met Esra'a Al Shafei at the 2011 Monaco Media Forum conference.

She was there to accept yet another award -- she has received quite a few in recent years for her role in helping promote democracy and free speech in the Middle East.

Esra'a is in her 20's and lives in a village in Bahrain. She operates her websites (including Mideast Youth) on a shoestring, with a handful of helpers. Yet despite this she has clearly managed to attain an impressive level of influence, and perhaps even has helped change the world. But to what extent? What was her reach? We thought that using some of our technology to detect the spread of influence of Esra'a's work might make an interesting first example to analyze."