In last years, the spread of social Web has promoted a strong interest in analyzing how information related to a given topic diffuses. Nevertheless, this is still quite an unexplored field in the literature. In this paper we propose a general approach that makes use of a set of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to analyse some of the most important features of information related to a topic. The domain of this study is Twitter, since here topics are easily identified by means of hashtags. In particular, our aim is to analyse the possible change over time of the content sub-topicality and sentiment in the tracked tweets, and bring out their relationships with the users’ demographic features.
Shabunina, E., Marrara, S., Pasi, G. (2016). An approach to analyse a hashtag-based topic thread in twitter. In Natural Language Processing and Information Systems. 21st International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2016, Salford, UK, June 22-24, 2016, Proceedings (pp.350-358). Springer Verlag [10.1007/978-3-319-41754-7_34].
An approach to analyse a hashtag-based topic thread in twitter
Shabunina, E
;Marrara, S;Pasi, G.
2016
Abstract
In last years, the spread of social Web has promoted a strong interest in analyzing how information related to a given topic diffuses. Nevertheless, this is still quite an unexplored field in the literature. In this paper we propose a general approach that makes use of a set of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to analyse some of the most important features of information related to a topic. The domain of this study is Twitter, since here topics are easily identified by means of hashtags. In particular, our aim is to analyse the possible change over time of the content sub-topicality and sentiment in the tracked tweets, and bring out their relationships with the users’ demographic features.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.