May 2016 – clioviz

Sentiment Analysis and The “Black Lives Matter” Movement

This post continues a dialogue between Mark Ravina and TJ Greer on text mining and the recent student protest movement. In this entry we examine the potential for sentiment analysis. Mark: I’m somewhat cynical about sentiment analysis. How much of the emotional valence of a document can really be captured by counting adjectives? But I […]

Mining the Movement: Some DH perspectives on student activism

This is the first of a series of blog post applying text mining and other DH techniques to the evolving student protest movement demanding racial equality. What can DH techniques tell use about student demands and administration responses? Are faculty and students talking to each other or at each other? This project is a collaborative […]

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Month: May 2016

Sentiment Analysis and The “Black Lives Matter” Movement

Mining the Movement: Some DH perspectives on student activism