Canada’s first social media election is on, but will people vote?
Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd talked to The Globe and Mail about the role of social media in this year's federal election.
Dr. Gruzd will be monitoring various social media platforms to see what people are saying about the election and whether social media will motivate voters to get involved and place their votes.
Posted by GRAND NCE, March 28, 2011
Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd was quoted in the March 27 edition of The Globe and Mail.
The story was about the role social media will play in this year's federal election. Dr. Gruzd will be monitoring various social media platforms to see what people are saying about the election and whether social media will motivate voters to get involved and place their votes.
Visit Dr. Gruzd's socialmedialab.ca for upcoming analysis of the federal election.
Dr. Gruzd is one of more than 120 researchers with the GRAND Network of Centres of Excellence. He is currently involved with three GRAND projects DINS, MEOW and NAVEL.