{"131141":{"#nid":"131141","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Best on Social Media in Nigeria Elections","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpeaking at the opening of the New Media and Gov\u0026shy;ernance: Tools and Trends confer\u0026shy;ence held in Abuja, Nigeria,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMike Best\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, presented evidence of the significant impact of social media on the country\u2019s 2011 general elections. Best said his lab worked with civil society groups to monitor social media during the elections and received an average of 50 messages per second. \u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.businessdayonline.com\/NG\/index.php\/news\/111-politics\/37726-social-media-critical-to-success-of-2011-elections-says-jega\u0022\u003EBUSINESSDAY\u003C\/a\u003E\u2013 Date: May 15, 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-05-16 11:48:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:40","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"software design","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.businessdayonline.com\/NG\/index.php\/news\/111-politics\/37726-social-media-critical-to-success-of-2011-elections-says-jega","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4065","name":"election"},{"id":"33871","name":"Michael L. Best"},{"id":"167543","name":"social media"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}