Sunday, 25 September 2016

Social Networks Prep for Key Role in Presidential Debates


Facebook and Google will provide the debate moderators with data about online searches and comments pertaining to the election, the candidates and the issues.

Facebook, Google, CollegeDebate16, and other social media grassroots organizations will work with moderators to help source questions for the candidates.

Facebook is the exclusive social media sponsor for the first and third debates, and members of the media, students, and the campus community will use Facebook Live to broadcast the events worldwide.

Facebook users will be able to ask questions and post comments.

Snapchat will run a Live Story from each debate site, offering a variety of perspectives.

Twitter, Yahoo and YouTube also will live-stream the debates.

MIT Media Lab's Electome Project will analyze Twitter conversations about the election. It also will offer journalists a Web-based dashboard at the debate site media centers.

Illinois State University researchers will analyze comments about the debates on social media, websites and major blogs from eight states, and display visualizations of their findings on their website and social media accounts.

A graduate research seminar at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will monitor social media discourse during the debates and on election day from the university's Adam Brown Social Media Command Center.
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