Università della Svizzera italiana

Tracking public opinion on social media

Giachanou, Anastasia ; Crestani, Fabio (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2018 ; 2018INFO016.

The increasing popularity of social media has changed the web from a static repository of information into a dynamic forum with continuously changing information. Social media platforms has given the capability to people expressing and sharing their thoughts and opinions on the web in a very simple way. The so-called User Generated Content is a good source of users opinion and mining it can be...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Proximity-based approaches to blog opinion retrieval

Gerani, Shima ; Crestani, Fabio (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2012 ; 2012INFO004.

Recent years have seen the rapid growth of social media platforms that enable people to express their thoughts and perceptions on the web and share them with other users. Many people write their opinion about products, movies, people or events on blogs, forums or review sites. The so-called User Generated Content is a good source of users’ opinion and mining it can be very useful for a...