The Colloquium on Computational Social Science/Data Sciences Research speaker for Friday, April 12, 2019, will be Melanie Swartz, Computational Social Science PhD Candidate, Department of Computational and Data Sciences. Melanie’s talk entitled “Emoji Use in Social Media During Events” will begin at 3:00 in the Center for Social Complexity Suite located on the 3rd floor of Research Hall. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session along with light refreshments.
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Abstract: Emoji in social media add more information than just a pictograph to accompany words or convey emotion. Emoji use related to communication about collective social events can provide additional insight about our collective identity and social interactions. Melanie will be presenting preliminary results and welcomes your feedback of her analysis on emoji use in social media for a number of events ranging from national, religious, protests, marches, celestial events, global scheduled events such as International Women’s Day, and more. We look forward to seeing you in person for an engaging discussion on Friday as this event will not be recorded or live streamed.