On Saturday, October 20, 2012, the Social Media Lab’s (SML) ‘Election 2.0 Coverage Team’ including MLIS students Madeline Driscoll, Ryan Dyck and Catherine McGoveran along with Anatoliy Gruzd (SML Director) and Philip Mai (SML Research Manager), gathered in the Rowe Building to find out what was on the mind of Haligonians during the 2012 HRM Municipal Election.

The team’s analysis of the Twitterverse resulted in two data-rich blog posts on the Lab’s website and was reported live on CBC radio by Don Connolly as part of the CBC Atlantic election coverage.

For more information, visit the links below:

• Tweet, Tweet: What Haligonians Are Saying About the 2012 HFX Election #HRMVotes #voteHRM #hfxpoli,
• Top 10 Twitters of the 2012 HRM Municipal Election

* This project is part of the Social Media Lab’s initiative to provide independent social media coverage and analysis of important public events. If you are interested in social media research and you would like to participate in this or other projects at the lab, please visit www.socialmedialab.ca for more information.