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If you like VisPolitics, check out the sibling project from LazerLab.net, https://www.facebook.com/VolunteerScience!

Volunteer Science Volunteer Science is an organization dedicated to pushing the limits of social science research to re

See Globe story on our visualization of emotional content of Tweets on day of bombing. (Also, a reminder: please do smartphone survey for Northeastern study on communication-- link in Globe story.)

http://www.boston.com/news/science/blogs/science-in-mind/2013/05/03/social-networks-after-emergency-who-did-you-text-after-the-boston-marathon-bombings/RdWGN4L9qcQIzsD6JgSEmN/blog.html

Social networks after an emergency: who did you text after the Boston Marathon bombings? Researchers at Northeastern University are asking people to download an app that will help them understand how, exactly, we communicated and connected in the aftermath of a tragedy. Did we call the people we are in touch with most frequently, or were we flooded with voicemails and messages from peop...

Please volunteer for research: For those of you in Boston, we are launching a project around cell phone communications the day of the Marathon + the rest of the week. If you participate, we will contribute $3 to The One Fund Boston, and will post findings on this group.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bombingssurvey.android&feature=more_from_developer #?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmJvbWJpbmdzc3VydmV5LmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..

Boston Bombings Survey - Android Apps on Google Play Tell what happened to you after the Boston Marathon bombings and earn money for charity! When you run this app, you participate in a study conducted by Northeastern U...

A somewhat different project from the people who brought you VisPolitics. For those of you from areas affected by Hurricane Sandy who have Android phones, volunteer 10 or so minutes of your time and data to help us understand how people respond to emergencies. Please pass on the word to interested parties.

http://www.volunteerscience.com/volunteer_data.html

Volunteer Science When you run this app, you participate in a study conducted by Northeastern University. The goal of the study is to find out how people use their cell phones during a natural disaster.

New victory tweet meter is up on VisPolitics: http://www.vispolitics.com/project/ElectionTweetMeter/

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Checkout the new article in The Economist!

Red, blue and green MAPPING American election campaign contributions has developed into an art form. Usually the information is presented by location and amount. But researchers at...

Spatio-temporal dynamics of contributions during the 2012 campaign

Fyi, there is a new visualization up on VisPolitics, "Money Bombs", looking at the spatio-temporal dynamics of contributions during the 2012 campaign.

Ok, one last time: we are live with the "Debate tweet meter" on VisPolitics. We have a few new bells and whistles-- make sure to check out the additional pages with "Tweet elites" as well as the Win meter that illuminates the subject of the tweets (i.e., distinguishing between "Obama wins" and "Romney loses").

Take away of the night: the the Twitter panel held back from ruling who won, until after the debate ended, and then everyone pointed to Obama winning (in contrast to the first debate, which pointed to a Romney victory, and not a partisan split, like with the VP debate).

The debate tweet meter v3 is now live! Watch it during the debate, and let us know what you think.

booo yeeeyy in The Atlantic!

The Incredible Negative Spending of Super PACs—in 1 Chart How belligerent are the independent expenditure groups? Very: Republicans spent more fighting Romney than Democrats have backing Obama.