Research from HP claims that analysis of tweets provides a more accurate way to predict box-office hits than other forecasting services used by the movie industry. The research compares Twitter sentiment analysis with The Hollywood Stock Exchange, a site known for its accuracy at predicting hits and flops, and finds that Twitter is 1-2% more accurate. “This work shows how social media expresses a collective wisdom which, when properly tapped, can yield an extremely powerful and accurate indicator of future outcomes,” say the researchers. We wonder if anyone is trying to tap into this for music… Source: Mashable
How Twitter predicts box-office hits
