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Social Media Discourse and Culture: A Proposal for Comparative Informatics Research. Sean P. Goggins & Christopher M. Mascaro Group Informatics Lab Drexel University. Discourse. Understanding Sought.
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SocialMediaDiscourse andCulture:AProposal for ComparativeInformatics Research Sean P. Goggins & Christopher M. Mascaro Group Informatics Lab Drexel University
Understanding Sought • Relationship between social media discourse and construction of culture through social media in locales (International, national, regional, local) • Relationship between social media discourse and activities in the physical world • To what extent are we able to identify emergent discourse groups through analysis of social media discourse? Internationally, nationally, regionally & locally.
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