Social Media Critical to Sucess of 2011 Elections

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External News Details

Michael Best (Interactive Computing) said his lab was receiving an average of 50 messages per second through social media during the 2011 general elections in Nigeria, adding that his laboratory worked with some civil so­ciety groups to monitor the election. Source: Business Day

Additional Information

Groups

College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing

Categories
Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Digital Media and Entertainment
Keywords
Michael Best; Nigeria; Social Medial; Twitter; Facebook; Elections; Politics
Status
  • Created By: Michaelanne Dye
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: May 16, 2012 - 6:13am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:25pm