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Analysis Of Family-Health-Related Topics On Wikipedia, Yanyan Wang
Analysis Of Family-Health-Related Topics On Wikipedia, Yanyan Wang
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New concepts, terms, and topics always emerge; and meanings of existing terms and topics keep changing all the time. These phenomena occur more frequently on social media than on conventional media because social media allows a huge number of users to generate information online. Retrieving relevant results in different time periods of a fast-changing topic becomes one of the most difficult challenges in the information retrieval field. Among numerous topics discussed on social media, health-related topics are a major category which attracts increasing attention from the general public.
This study investigated and explored the evolution patterns of family-health-related topics on …
An Investigation Of Autism Support Groups On Facebook, Yuehua Zhao
An Investigation Of Autism Support Groups On Facebook, Yuehua Zhao
Theses and Dissertations
Autism-affected users, such as autism patients, caregivers, parents, family members, and researchers, currently seek informational support and social support from communities on social media. To reveal the information needs of autism- affected users, this study centers on the research of users’ interactions and information sharing within autism communities on social media. It aims to understand how autism-affected users utilize support groups on Facebook.
A systematic method was proposed to aid in the data analysis including social network analysis, topic modeling, sentiment analysis, and inferential analysis. Social network analysis method was adopted to reveal the interaction patterns appearing in the groups, …