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Twitter as a global mood ring


Scott Golder and Michael Macy from Cornell University are using Twitter as a tool to gauge the mood of average people around the globe by examining the emotional tone of people's messages. We speak with Scott Golder about his research.

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  • Scott Golder: graduate student in Sociology at Cornell University, conducting research that draws from often massive records of internet activity.

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