[TASC Luncheon] You Are What You Tweet

[Robert Kirby]

At Café Baklava Mediterranean Grill, 341 Castro Street, Mountain View

Tuesday November 12th, 11:45 AM

More info: Bob Kirby  (650) 417-5740

RSVP to robert...@gmail.com

Dorottya Demszky 

You Are What You Tweet

 

Dorottya (Dora) Demszky is a second-year PhD candidate in the Linguistics Department at Stanford University (advised by Dan Jurafsky) researching how natural language processing can be put to the service of social good. Dora works on projects with applications to questions and issues within the domains of education and politics.

 

Dora was the lead author of a recent study that analyzed how Republicans and Democrats use different language when discussing mass shootings on social media. In the study, 4.4 million tweets posted in response to 21 different mass shooting events, including the Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016, were analyzed to determine what words and emotions people with different political leanings expressed.

 

Dora will summarize the methodology used in the study, the conclusions, and what future studies are needed to better understand the causes and consequences of social media polarization.