Social Media and the Elections
SciencePublished 25 October 2012
Panagiotis Metaxas, Eni Mustafaraj
Citations247
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Monitoring what users share or search for in social media and on the Web has led to greater insights into what people care about or pay attention to at any moment in time, helping segments of the world population to be informed, to organize, and to react rapidly.
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Manipulation of social media affects perceptions of candidates and compromises decision-making.
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