Essays about: "micro blogging"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words micro blogging.
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1. A machine learning approach leveraging technical- and sentiment analysis to forecast price movements in major crypto currencies
University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)Abstract : This paper uses a back-propagating neural network (BPN) to predict the price movements of major crypto currencies, leveraging technical factors as well as measurements of collective sentiment derived from the micro-blogging network Twitter. Our dataset consists of daily, hourly and minutely price levels for Bitcoin, Ether and Litecoin along with 8 popular technical indicators, as well as all tweets with the currencies' cash tags during respective time periods. READ MORE
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2. A comparative study on credibility judgement of news related tweets between academic and non-academic young adults
University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)Abstract : For many young adults, retrieving information and news from the internet is not an uncommon task. A large portion of said information is shared through social media. However, social media is not always a reliant news source, due to the fact that the content is largely crowdsourced. One of the social media and micro-blogging services is Twitter. READ MORE
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3. Viral Marketing - A study on influencers’ behaviour through their pronoun use on Twitter
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Viral marketing has been defined as the task of triggering word-of-mouth (WoM) and in order for it to acquire traction it is crucial to identify and understand the behaviour of influencers i.e. well-connected individuals. READ MORE
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4. How far away are we from deliberative politics? : Online authoritarian deliberation on Tencent Weibo in the PRC
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : Emerging online discussions in a Weibo (micro-blogging) platform argue for the new possibility of online deliberation in Chinese cyberspace. In order to ascertain the extent to which this platform is being used, the author has conducted a case study to measure the quality of deliberation of an online discussion of genetically modified (GM) foods in the comment section of posts written by Mr. READ MORE
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5. #SharingIsCaring : An Exploratory Study of Content of Tweets, Situation of Tweeting and Motivations to Use Twitter while Watching Television Series
University essay from Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : The internet and social media have had a significant impact on recipients’ media consumption. As the converging media environment recipients face today offers not only more media products but also new practices of using certain media products, this study focuses on how the social micro-blogging service Twitter impacts the watching of television series. READ MORE