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- 1. Language of Politics on Twitter Summer School in AI American University Beirut June 16, 2015 Yelena Mejova @yelenamm Social Computing Group Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU
- 5. Buzz online equals money online. Money online equals money off-line. Money off-line equals GOTV [get out the vote], which equals votes. This is a very close-knit, tied-together thing. Vincent Harris Ron Paul’s chief digital strategist 2015
- 6. You used to be able to just interact with your five or 10 talking heads who went and did the TV shows, and now you’ve got an infinite number of social-media content creators. And how do you herd the cats? Vincent Harris Ron Paul’s chief digital strategist 2015
- 7. Elections “the crowning of the Internet as the king of all political media” “the beginning of the Internet presidency” bloggeruniversity.wordpress.com - on Obama's 2008 victory Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
- 8. When counting only fundraising that was initially generated by digital efforts, including email, social media, mobile and the website, the [Obama] 2012 campaign raised $504 million, up from $403 million in 2008
- 9. Transparency “Instantaneous tweeting of shady government practices -- and the resulting uproar -- means that public bodies are more responsive than ever”. - Wesley Donehue, CNN
- 12. Mobilization “This exercise of power has produced a template for political action on a massive scale fueled by social media.” on PIPA and SOPA Vivek Wadhwa, Washington Post
- 16. Attention Twitter is used to publicize protests that are already going on -- and bring the world's attention to the acts of violence committed by the regime. There has, indeed, been a lot of criticism of the lack of Iran-related coverage on CNN; Twitter users have even organized an entire campaign to deal with this called #cnnfail. I think they have been successful: CNN executives/reporters eventually had to answer questions about it. on Iranian election Evgeny Morozov, June 17, 2009 blogger for Foreign Policy
- 17. Reframing Public reframing versus mainstream media
- 19. Can Twitter Tell Us What We're Feeling? - Mashable http://mashable.com/2012/04/17/twitter-feeling/ What does the Twitterverse think of Warren Buffett’s secretary? - Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/mention-machine-what-does-the-twitterverse- think-of-warren-buffetts-secretary/2011/09/30/gIQAnlWtAL_blog.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics Twitter Indicator Could Trump Polls for 2012 Election Measurement - Mashable http://mashable.com/2012/01/03/washington-post-twitter-elections/ Don't Bet On Social Media Picking Super Tuesday Winners - ReadWriteWeb http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dont_bet_on_social_media_picking_super_tuesday_win.php Twitter Cannot Predict Elections Either - Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/view/427807/twitter-cannot-predict-elections-either/ Twitter, Politics Don't Mix: Social Media Sites Not A Popular Source For Political Info: Pew - Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/07/twitter-politics-campaign-news-pew_n_1260057.html 19
- 20. questions what do people really think about issues/politicians? who are the opinion leaders? how will people vote? how does traditional media affect people’s political views? what is traditional media missing/ignoring? how can media or politicians sway political opinion?
- 21. next twitter data: what is it? how to get it? how to process it? NOW If you don’t have one, get a Twitter account or sit by somebody who has one
Editor's Notes
- http://www.macleans.ca/politics/washington/dirty-viral-tricks-the-2016-u-s-election-is-already-getting-ugly/
- http://www.macleans.ca/politics/washington/dirty-viral-tricks-the-2016-u-s-election-is-already-getting-ugly/ Harris: 26 years old
- http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/15/exclusive-obamas-2012-digital-fundraising-outperformed-2008/
- Now it is possible to quickly mobilize huge amounts of people for a cause. In early 2012 two bills were coming up for a vote in US which would allow law enforcement shut down internet domains which were deemed to be infringing on copyrights. But a massive online protest forced 40 members of congress to change their mind, and the bills did not pass. protest and blackout of some of the major websites like Wikipedia, petitions organized by big players like Google, and phone calls and emails made via Craigslist http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/212000815 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/24/opinion/donehue-social-media-politics/index.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/social-medias-role-in-politics/2012/01/25/gIQAQvZgdQ_story.html#
- Digital age has changed politics drastically. Political figures must keep a public profile, and communicate with their constituents through email, twitter, facebook, etc. It is now more difficult for government to conduct shady activities, with platforms for whistle blowing and for anonymously discussing our governments. Now it is possible to quickly mobilize huge amounts of people for a cause. In early 2012 two bills were coming up for a vote in US which would allow law enforcement shut down internet domains which were deemed to be infringing on copyrights. But a massive online protest forced 40 members of congress to change their mind, and the bills did not pass. protest and blackout of some of the major websites like Wikipedia, petitions organized by big players like Google, and phone calls and emails made via Craigslist http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/212000815 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/24/opinion/donehue-social-media-politics/index.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/social-medias-role-in-politics/2012/01/25/gIQAQvZgdQ_story.html#
- SOPA/PIPA Now it is possible to quickly mobilize huge amounts of people for a cause. In early 2012 two bills were coming up for a vote in US which would allow law enforcement shut down internet domains which were deemed to be infringing on copyrights. But a massive online protest forced 40 members of congress to change their mind, and the bills did not pass. protest and blackout of some of the major websites like Wikipedia, petitions organized by big players like Google, and phone calls and emails made via Craigslist http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/212000815 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/24/opinion/donehue-social-media-politics/index.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/social-medias-role-in-politics/2012/01/25/gIQAQvZgdQ_story.html#
- http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/01/20111614145839362.html
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/06/17/DI2009061702232.html
- https://viralpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/
- Both news media and the research community are full of stories praising social media as a political forum and skepticism as to whether we can get any clear political signal from it. As a student dabbling both in sentiment analysis and interested in politics, this new trend has caught my attention. In particular,