Using Social Media to Gauge Iranian Public Opinion and Mood After the 2009 Election

• Main Author: Elson, Sara Beth (auth)
• Other Authors: Yeung, Douglas (auth), Roshan, Parisa (auth), Bohandy, S. R. (auth), Nader, Alireza (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Information technology: general issues; Middle Eastern history; International relations; Political Science; History; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the months after the contested Iranian presidential election in June 2009, Iranians spoke out about the election using Twitter--a social media service that allows users to send short text messages, called tweets, with relative anonymity. This research analyzed more than 2.5 million tweets discuss...