# Why the Pirate Party Won the German Election of 2009 or The Trouble With Predictions: A Response to Tumasjan, A., Sprenger, T. O., Sander, P. G., & Welpe, I. M. “Predicting Elections With Twitter: What 140 Characters Reveal About Political Sentiment”

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/why-the-pirate-party-won-the-german-election-of-2009-or-the-trouble-with/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Andreas Jungherr,Pascal Jürgens,Harald Schoen |
| Citations | 271 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0894439311404119 |
| Fields | Social Sciences |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2116646433 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2011 |

## Paper authors

- [Andreas Jungherr](https://scholariq.org/researchers/andreas-jungherr/)

## Paper journal

- [Social Science Computer Review](https://scholariq.org/journals/social-science-computer-review/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Computational and Text Analysis Methods](https://scholariq.org/topics/computational-and-text-analysis-methods/)

## Paper topics

- [Computational and Text Analysis Methods](https://scholariq.org/topics/computational-and-text-analysis-methods/)
- [Media Influence and Politics](https://scholariq.org/topics/media-influence-and-politics/)
- [Misinformation and Its Impacts](https://scholariq.org/topics/misinformation-and-its-impacts/)

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