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Social media use was high, but not as decisive for voters
Published Wed, Nov 4, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
CANDIDATES' Facebook posts and Instagram photos may have been key talking points during the recent general election, but social media did not play such a decisive role, a survey by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) on Internet and media use during GE2015 suggests.
IPS research fellow Carol Soon, who studies new media, said 79 per cent of the 2,000 citizens of voting age surveyed used social media to some extent.
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