A new Indiana University study explains that fake Twitter accounts may be involved in grassroots politics. Researchers have found evidence that political campaigns and special-interest groups are using scores of fake Twitter accounts to create the impression of broad grass-roots political expression. A team at Indiana University used data-mining and network-analysis techniques to detect the […]
Category: Social Media
Biggest online ad buy of the cycle?
That’s what Politico thinks. A DNC spokeswoman, Lynda Tran, says the committee has launched a giant, last-minute online ad buy, blanketing the web with $2.5 million worth of online ads — I think the largest online ad buy anyone has made this cycle.
Tracking voters with Foursquare
Politico’s MorningTech has the scoop. Foursquare and JESS3 have teamed up to design a real-time visualization website, called “I Voted,” that will track check-ins at polling places across the U.S. on Election Day. The site’s main page details how many people have checked in at polling sites and when, broken down geographically (city, neighborhood, etc.) […]