No, you cannot predict elections with twitter

IEEE Internet Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 91-94

  Gayo Avello, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

elections; forecasting; politics; prediction; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ELECTIONS; POLITICS; PREDICTIVE POWER; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; SIMPLE APPROACH; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

FORECASTING; RESEARCH;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84870275829     PISSN: 10897801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2012.137     Document Type: Article

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