1. PakVotes: A Social Media Experiment in Elections Monitoring
- Author:
- Nadia Naviwala
- Publication Date:
- 04-2014
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Abstract:
- PakVotes, a pilot project supported by the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), used social media platforms and a network of reporters located in areas outside of major cities in Pakistan to track violence during the 2013 elections. The project offers lessons that could guide future efforts to use social media to record and publicize conflicts and the use of violence during elections and other major events. The hashtag #PakVotes trended for several days around elections, serving as a popular alternative news source to the mainstream media, which was not as diverse in its geographic coverage, sources or story types.
- Topic:
- Political Violence, Democratization, Non-Governmental Organization, Science and Technology, and Mass Media
- Political Geography:
- Pakistan, United States, and South Asia