Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
October 4, 2012 08:28 pm GMT

Romney Won The Debate: USCs Social Media Crystal Ball Knows It

blog_romney_crystal_ballRomney ended the night as the undisputed champion of last night's talking-point ping pong (er, "debate"). A post-eventpollby CNNshowed a Grand Canyon-size 2:1 gap among viewers in favor of Romney's performance. But the big victory of the night may have gone to the University of Southern California for an experimental new social media monitoring tool, which showed a similar gap in the sentiment of tweets after the broadcast. Until now, attempts at deciphering public opinion from the young, liberally biased universe of social media have been dismal failures, but this new tool may be closer to cracking the problem.

Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/A0SnPXu7TFk/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Techcrunch

TechCrunch is a leading technology blog, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

More About this Source Visit Techcrunch