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Data Mining

In: Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics
Edited by: Kerric Harvey
Subject:Political Communications, Political Communication, Social Media
Keywords:algorithms; big data; data mining; mining; political communications; social media; support vector machines

Three inter-related concepts capture both the nature and the importance of social media metainformation in the political process. Political use of social media, “big data,” and “data mining” constitute a powerful triangle in elections, each determining and informing the other.

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  Harvey, K. (2014). Data mining. In Encyclopedia of social media and politics (pp. 349-350). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452244723.n136
  
  Harvey, Kerric. "Data Mining." In Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, edited by Harvey, Kerric, 349-50. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452244723.n136.
  
  Harvey, K. 2014. Data Mining. In: Kerric Harvey Editor, 2014. Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 349-350 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452244723.n136> [Accessed 15 Apr 2021].
  
  Harvey, Kerric. "Data Mining." Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics. Edited by Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 349-50. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452244723.n136.
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