1. USE APA STYLE REFERENCES TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF YOUR ARTICLE HERE (2 MARKS):Digrazia, J, Mckelvey, K, Bollen, J, Rojas, F & Martinez, LM. (2013). More tweets, more votes: Social media as a quantitative indicator of political behavior. PLoS ONE, 8 (11), [1-5].2. DESCRIBE THE MAIN PURPOSE OR PROBLEM PRESENTED IN THIS ARTICLE (5 POINTS): The primary purpose of this article is to examine the correlation between the frequency with which a politician's name appears on social media and subsequent election results. The article examines 542,969 tweets mentioning candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2010 and 2012 elections and compares this data to the candidates' electoral performance. The researchers present findings indicating that a politician's popularity in the voting booth may be related to how often the candidate is talked about on social media. The researchers go on to discuss how further research might conclude that social media has a greater impact on election outcomes than traditional forms of media, and how this could potentially shape the future of voting. LIST HYPOTHESES OR RESEARCH QUESTIONS (5 POINTS): The main hypothesis here is that the more times an election candidate's name appears on social media, the more votes that candidate will receive. The researcher proposes that a positive relationship will be found between statistics on the number of times a congressional candidate's name appears on Twitter and the percentage of votes the candidate receives in the election, and that the same results will occur in two elections separate. If these findings are correct, this could indicate that social media could be a predictor or influencer of… middle of the paper… it has so much power. The findings of this research could be used by activists in an attempt to swing elections in their favor, creating an unfair bias in parliament and denigrating the ideals of democracy. In terms of the research itself, I believe the sample was selected appropriately; however, results may change if posts from other social media sites were included. Furthermore, it would be interesting to see whether further research on other elections, not just those for the US Congress, would produce the same results. RESOURCES Shaffir, W. (1986). In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research / Ethnographic Research: A Guide to General Conduct (book). Sociology of Health and Illness, 8(2).Tunnell, G. B. and Hernstein, R. . (1977). Three dimensions of naturalness: an expanded definition of field research. Psychological bulletin, 84 (3), 426-437