In a blog post last week, we outlined how Microsoft Research was able to indicate whether someone was depressed based on their activity on Twitter, which is groundbreaking research. And this week we looked at how social data can be used for tracking food poisoning outbreaks. We’ve also seen several amazing examples of practical applications of social data as a critical signal and life-saving data source during disaster situations. We still think this is just the beginning in how social data can be used in this sector.
Gnip’s first whitepaper on Social Data in the Public Sector helped outline what social data is, how it can be used and the current implications of using social data. Due to the success of this whitepaper, we wanted to create a followup ebook.
This ebook highlights the use cases of social data in government, and how organizations can determine the right social data for their needs. We’ll outline cases of how social data is used in epidemiology, natural disaster relief, political campaigns, city planning, law enforcement and government surveys. You can download the whitepaper here and send any questions you have to email@example.com.