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Text Mining Applications to Support Health Library Practice: A Case Study on Marijuana Legalization Twitter Analytics
Download2024-01-08
Kung, Janice Y, Shiri, Ali, Ly, Kynan
Background: Twitter is rich in data for text and data analytics research, with the ability to capture trends. Objectives: This study examines Canadian tweets on marijuana legalization and terminology use. Presented as a case study, Twitter analytics will demonstrate the varied applications of how...
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Computing Emotion Dynamics from Text and Exploring their use as Biosocial Markers of Overall Well-being
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Language is inherently social -- it is influenced by our lived experiences and environments, and impacts the way in which we communicate with each other. Therefore, it is not a surprise that our health impacts our language. The patterns with which emotion changes over time -- emotion dynamics --...
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Canadians’ Anti-Masking Attitudes on Twitter During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
DownloadFall 2022
Several countries recommended universal masking as a preventive health measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 before public health officials in Canada started endorsing public mask wearing. In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, public use of face masks was controversial. Many...
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Spring 2020
Twitter is one of the most popular social media applications and is used for a number of reasons. Every day, users share a vast amount of information through tweets that provide location-relevant updates, of events happening in real-time, and to inform other users of upcoming events in a given...
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#It’sComplicated: The Relationship between Traditional Media and Twitter during the 2019 Canadian Federal Election
Download2020-08-01
To study the interaction between traditional and social media in Canadian political coverage and how that may inform public opinion by exploring the agenda setting and intermedia agenda setting effects between Canada’s two national newspapers and Twitter during the 2019 Canadian federal election....
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2019-08-05
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine how Canadian female politicians experience harassment on Twitter, and the management strategies they have developed to deal with harassment. Design - Applying a feminist lens, I used a qualitative/quantitative online survey to ask Canadian female...
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The Convergence of Social Media and Public Policy: How Key Policy Actors Perceive the Role of Twitter in Shaping Alberta’s Bill 10 Legislation
Download2019-08-26
This research examines the perceptions of social media’s role in public policy deliberation from the viewpoints of those who were either engaged with or influenced by Twitter during the development of provincial legislation. This case study examines the development of Bill 10 and includes a...
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Standing In a Crowded Room Shouting At No One: How The Government of Alberta Uses Twitter to Engage Albertans
Download2019-08-01
Purpose – This paper explores Government of Alberta attempts to engage citizens using Twitter in 2018, and how successful any attempts at engagement were. Design/methodology/approach – Mixed-methods content analysis using @YourAlberta as a case study; quantitative analysis of 1,339 tweets guided...