Essays about: "Web forums"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the words Web forums.

  1. 6. Purchasing behaviour on aesthetic items in online video games with real currency : The case of Counter Strike: Global Offensive

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Bruno Rodríguez; [2017]
    Keywords : Video games; Virtual Items; Aesthetics; Purchase Intention; Symbolic Value; Counter Strike;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, buying in-game content with real money has become a more common practice among players in order to unlock exclusive content in video games. Prior research has mainly focused on those functional digital items that provide an advantage to the buyer. READ MORE

  3. 7. Machine Learning for Affect Analysis on White Supremacy Forum

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Léo Figea; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Since the inception of the World Wide Web, security agencies, researchers, and analysts have focused much of their attention on the sentiment found on hate-inspired webforums. Here, one of their goals has been to detect and measure users' affects that are expressed in the forums as well as identify how users' affects change over time. READ MORE

  4. 8. Anomaly detection on social media using ARIMA models

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Tim Isbister; [2015]
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    Abstract : This thesis explores whether it is possible to capture communication patterns from web-forums and detect anomalous user behaviour. Data from individuals on web-forums can be downloaded using web-crawlers, and tools as LIWC can make the data meaningful. READ MORE

  5. 9. "I chuckled. Rolig pun där" - A grammatical investigation of Swedish-English code-switching in two web discussion forums

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Johanna Rosenberg; [2014]
    Keywords : code-switching; web discussion forums; the use of English in Sweden; grammatical outcomes of code-switching; the Internet; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study examined grammatical features of written Swedish-English code-swtching found in two Swedish web discussion forums. More specifically, this study sought to show that the so-called insertion patter, as defined by Muysken (2000), is the the predominant patter of code-switching found in these two forums. READ MORE

  6. 10. Web Mediated Communications : Positive and Negative Effects

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan

    Author : Ali Karimi; [2013]
    Keywords : Web Mediated Communications; Web; Social Media; Virtual Communities; Positive Effects; Negative Effects;

    Abstract : Web mediated communications revolutionized traditional social interactions. It is designed tofacilitate information exchange between individuals and to enable people to connect with friends,family, classmates etc. virtually. READ MORE