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Oct. 26, 2012
In Twitter We Trust: Can Social Media Sway Voters?
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Social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, have been important parts of this year’s presidential campaigns. As Americans prepare to head to the polls, experts discuss social media’s influence on politics, and whether Twitter can predict who will win the election.
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Produced by Denise Chow, Associate Producer
Guests
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Brian Houston
Reynolds Fellow
Assistant Professor, Communications
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri -
Jon Krosnick
Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor, Communications, Political Science and Psychology
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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