Tag Archives: twitter

Update: Twitter and the Canadian Federal Election

Well it is just over two weeks since I began tracking the number of Twitter followers that each federal party leader has during the course of the current election capmpaign in order to see what the impact of this type of social media presence might be.  All of the party leaders have increased their number […]

Twitter Followers and Canada’s Federal Election

Well, I thought it was time to resurrect an activity I last did a number of years ago – in 2011 – during an Ontario election campaign.  I tracked the number of Twitter followers each party leader had during the course of the election to see if the electoral outcome was correlated with social media […]

Does tweeting signal success?

More than one person has suggested that I start tweeting, but I'm afraid to. As my nearest and dearest have observed "Who would follow you on twitter?" It would be mortifying to be on twitter and have no followers. Yet tweeting is like bird song.  A bird who sings early, long, and well will typically be […]