Can Twitter And Facebook Predict The Oscar Winners? [INFOGRAPHIC]

As I said around this time last year: no. No they can’t.

Social media can be a great predictor of many things, especially where sentiment plays a major role in deciding the outcome of an event that is shaped by the public. For example, the winner of The X Factor, or even who is most likely to be the next occupant of the White House. What Twitter and Facebook can’t do is predict the outcome of an event in which the people polled have no control or influence over whatsoever.

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