Georgia Tech Uses Social Media to Monitor Liberian Election

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Michael Best (Interactive Computing) and team used social media feeds to monitor citizen response to the Oct. 11 presidential election in Liberia, partnering with another organization in the West African to respond to any irregularities that pop up. Source: The Republic

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College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing

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e-Democracy, Liberia, Michael Best, School of Interactive Computing, social media
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  • Created By: Mike Terrazas
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 11, 2011 - 12:40pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:25pm