Can Government Mine Tweets to Assess Public Opinion?

Government Technology: What if instead of going to a city meeting, you could go on Twitter, tweet your opinion, and still be heard by those in government? New research suggests this is a possibility.

The Urban Attitudes Lab at Tufts University has conducted research on accessing "big data" on social networking sites for civic purposes, according to Justin Hollander, associate professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts.

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