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    • Not Just #GE2015: Other 2015 Polling Failures

      21 July 2015

      Author:

      Eve Ahearn

      The failure of pollsters in #GE2015 was covered widely, including in a previous post here, but it was not the only opinion polling failure that year. Polls also failed ...
      Read More Not Just #GE2015: Other 2015 Polling Failures

    • GE2015: Polling Problems vs. Information Seeking Biases

      31 May 2015

      Author:

      Eve Ahearn

      By my bedtime on the night of the last UK General Election, May 7 2015, one thing, at least, was clear. No matter who won, the pollsters lost. This is ...
      Read More GE2015: Polling Problems vs. Information Seeking Biases

    • Digital era political parties post #GE2015

      19 May 2015

      Author:

      Jonathan Bright

      Along with consultants and advisors and large-scale data management platforms from Obama’s hugely successful digital campaigns, all the main political parties used an arsenal of social media and digital ...
      Read More Digital era political parties post #GE2015

    • Social Media + Elections: A Recap

      12 May 2015

      Author:

      Eve Ahearn

      From Jonathan Bright and Scott Hale’s blog post on Twitter Use. In the run-up to the general election we conducted a number of investigations into relative candidate and party ...
      Read More Social Media + Elections: A Recap

    • What if mentions were votes?

      7 May 2015

      Author:

      Jonathan Bright

      The last post looked at mention activity for each British constituency. What would happen if we took these mentions to be votes? Does this reaction from social media offer ...
      Read More What if mentions were votes?

    • Which parties are having the most impact on Twitter?

      7 May 2015

      Author:

      Jonathan Bright

      The previous two posts have shown that the amount of effort parties are putting in on Twitter at the local level is pretty variable. But what about the response ...
      Read More Which parties are having the most impact on Twitter?

    • The (local) General Election on Twitter

      7 May 2015

      Author:

      Jonathan Bright

      The UK’s national election is decided on a constituency basis: 650 odd separate small elections, each returning one MP. Despite the obvious importance of national parties and their leaders ...
      Read More The (local) General Election on Twitter

    • Wikipedia readership around the UK general election

      4 May 2015

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

      I already have written about the Wikipedia-Shapps story. So, that is not the main topic of this post! But when that topic was still hot, some people asked me whether I ...
      Read More Wikipedia readership around the UK general election

    • Does anyone read Wikipedia around the election time?

      4 May 2015

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

      I already have written about the Wikipedia-Shapps story. So, that is not the main topic of this post! But when that topic was still hot, some people asked me whether I ...
      Read More Does anyone read Wikipedia around the election time?

    • Online presence of the General Election Candidates: Labour wins Twitter while Tories take Wikipedia

      3 May 2015

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

      Some have called the forthcoming UK general election a Social Media Election. It might be a bit of exaggeration, but there is no doubt that both candidates and voters are very ...
      Read More Online presence of the General Election Candidates: Labour wins Twitter while Tories take Wikipedia

    • What does it mean to win a debate anyway?: Media Coverage of the Leaders’ Debates vs. Google Search Trends

      29 April 2015

      Author:

      Eve Ahearn

      Following the April 2nd Leaders’ Debate the media portrayed Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party, as the victor of the night, or at least a victor. ...
      Read More What does it mean to win a debate anyway?: Media Coverage of the Leaders’ Debates vs. Google Search Trends

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