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Analysis of the Social Media of the Obama and Romney Campaigns in the 2012 Election

Buratti, Brenda (University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)

This study is a quantitative content analysis of the Facebook and Twitter communication of the Obama and Romney campaigns on seven dates within the 30 days prior to the 2012 presidential election. Specific rhetorical ...
Comparative Geospatial Analysis of Twitter Sentiment Data during the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections

Gordon, Josef (University of Oregon, 2013-10-10)

The goal of this thesis is to assess and characterize the representativeness of sampled data that is voluntarily submitted through social media. The case study vehicle used is Twitter data associated with the 2012 ...
Patterns of Fraud: Tools for Election Forensics

Deckert, Joseph (University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)

Election fraud is a serious problem in a number of modern democracies. While election observers can combat this problem to some extent, election forensics aims to provide a low-cost supplement. Forensic tools uncover ...