Elections in the internet age: data journalism and social media for describing the vote

How has election reporting changed? New forms of journalism, from data journalism with interactive maps and infographics to social networks with hashtag, livetwitting and sentiment analysis are being deployed with increasing frequency and sophistication. On the eve of the European elections and local elections on 25 May 2014, we consider what has changed (and what has not) in the story of the most important moment for any democracy: the election.

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