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Aengus Bridgman: Policy Forum and Democracy Project

aengus bridgman: If you have something important to say on an issue, you have to say it within the first two or three days in the media environment that we live in, said Aengus Bridgman, the lead data analyst on the project, according to National Observer. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing Otherwise, things will move on. The results measured through public posts on Twitter were consistent among journalists, federal election candidates and the general public, according to the report by the Digital Democracy Project. The Digital Democracy Project is a joint initiative by the Public Policy Forum and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. The dataset included tweets from 700 journalists, 200 media outlets, political candidates and 55,000 likely partisans, defined as individuals who followed more than five rank-and-file candidates from each party. For Thursday's report, the research team analyzed three million tweets collected since Sept. 17. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.