Associate Professor Michael Best (left) of the School of Interactive Computing works with undergraduate computer science major Nikea Davis, as they monitor social media activity in Liberia connected to the country's presidential election on Oct. 11, 2011.
October 10, 2011
ATLANTA – Oct. 11, 2011 – Today the citizens of Liberia will participate in just their second presidential election since the country emerged from a brutal civil war in 2003, and in such an environment the specter of violence or other unrest is never far away. But what if social media, a Georgia Tech professor is asking, could identify and even help prevent dangerous situations from occurring?
