Submitted for the June 2011 edition With the federal election now close to two weeks old, I’ve had some time to review the election campaign and what impact, if any, social media had on electoral politics in Canada. As someone who works in the field of social media, it was interesting to watch the fluctuations […]
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In one of our recent newsletters, we looked at data from the US and UK elections, which demonstrated that social media was fairly accurate in determining electoral outcomes: if you had more likes or followers, you usually had more votes as well. In looking over the outcome of the Monday’s vote, it appears that Twitter
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Since Canada’s 41st election started, one of the main topics of discussion has been Twitter and its role in the campaign. There have been boatloads of articles written on how the parties are using Twitter, who’s winning and who’s losing. The current electoral contest has even been called the first “Twitter election”. I’m admittedly a
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