Evaluando Twitter como indicador de opinión pública: una mirada al arribo de Bachelet a la presidencial chilena 2013

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Keywords:

Twitter, social networks, public opinion, Bachelet, Chile

Abstract

This work analyses if Twitter is an effective public opinion indicator. It works with a data set that gathers up two weeks activity of the main users that interact upon the Michelle Bachelet’s arrival last march 2013 for the Chilean presidential election. It presents a general description of the case, sentiment analysis and social network analysis. It is discovered that most messages were not favorable to the candidate and it is detected a cluster of users that express messages against her.

Published

2015-05-23