Don't turn social media into another 'literary digest' poll

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 121-128

  Gayo Avello, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; MICROBLOGGING; OPINION MINING; POLITICAL INFORMATION; REAL TIME; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SENTIMENT ANALYSIS; SIMPLE APPROACH; SIMPLE METHOD; SOCIAL MEDIA; TEMPORAL INTERVALS;

DATA MINING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 80053483973     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2001269.2001297     Document Type: Article

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