Tweets and votes: A study of the 2011 Singapore General Election

• Main Authors: SKORIC, Marko M., POOR, Nathaniel D., ACHANANUPARP, Palakorn, LIM, Ee Peng, JIANG, Jing
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: blogs; context; educational institutions; internet; media; nominations and elections; twitter; Asian Studies; Communication Technology and New Media; Databases and Information Systems; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1544; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2543/viewcontent/C06___Tweets_and_Votes__A_Study_of_the_2011_Singapore_General_Election__HICSS2012_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study focuses on the uses of Twitter during the elections, examining whether the messages posted online are reflective of the climate of public opinion. Using Twitter data obtained during the official campaign period of the 2011 Singapore General Election, we test the predictive power of tweets...