Like Crystal Balls And Exit Polls? You Will Love Twitter User Data Then
Monday, September 3, 2012 - 12:20
in Mathematics & Economics
During a recent American political convention, two networks carried real-time Twitter 'data', what they called a meter, based on the commentary on the social media service. While election polls have not been accurate for the last few decades, some technologists believe Twitter can be.As evidence, they say the have devised a means to predict the outcome of other election-based processes - TV talent shows - through their big data analysis of tweets. Analysis of Twitter is not new, it is built into their API, but Fabio Ciulla from Northeastern University in Boston, USA and colleagues say their method shows that the elimination of contestants in TV talent shows based on public voting, such as "American Idol", can be anticipated. read more