Google Flu Trendsand Mass Data: Extrapolated to Ebola?

Authors

  • Pilar Jose Lopez Lopez UCM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revtechno.v5.465

Keywords:

Data Journalism, Google Trends Flu, Spain, Ébola, Research

Abstract

Millions of people surf the Internet through the Google search engine. This company leveraging in-training your users  Google  Flu  Trends  developed  in  2008. This tool was  created  with  the  aim  of  collecting  data  for  the  incidence  of  influenza in a country with high precision. This application records queries that netizens through its search engine Google and the data obtained their own conclusions, as if from a study of epidemiology is involved. Three years later the development of this  tool, in 2011, the information  you  offer data did not resemble reality. What had happened? The Data Journalism was failing. Many users who did not have the flu seeking information on the Internet and Google Flu Trends counted them how sick. With this paper is to analyze this tool andcompare their progress and results with Ebola disease.

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Published

2016-03-30

How to Cite

Lopez Lopez, P. J. (2016). Google Flu Trendsand Mass Data: Extrapolated to Ebola?. TECHNO REVIEW. International Technology, Science and Society Review /Revista Internacional De Tecnología, Ciencia Y Sociedad, 5(1), 157–163. https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revtechno.v5.465

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2016)

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