Exploring controversy in Twitter

Venkata Garimella; Michail Mathioudakis; Gianmarco De Francisci Morales; Aristides Gionis

doi:10.1145/2818052.2874318

Exploring controversy in Twitter

Venkata Garimella
, Michail Mathioudakis
, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
, Aristides Gionis

Department of Computer Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

9 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Among the topics discussed on social media, some spark more heated debate than others. For example, experience suggests that major political events, such as a vote for healthcare law in the US, would spark more debate be-tween opposing sides than other events, such as a concert of a popular music band. Exploring the topics of discussion on Twitter and understanding which ones are controver-sial is extremely useful for a variety of purposes, such as for journalists to understand what issues divide the public, or for social scientists to understand how controversy is manifested in social interactions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
Publisher	ACM
Pages	33-36
Number of pages	4
Volume	26-February-2016
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-3950-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2818052.2874318
Publication status	Published - 27 Feb 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing - San Francisco, United States Duration: 27 Feb 2016 → 2 Mar 2016 Conference number: 19

Conference

Conference	ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
Abbreviated title	CSCW
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	27/02/2016 → 02/03/2016

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Controversy
Social media

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Garimella, V, Mathioudakis, M, De Francisci Morales, G & Gionis, A 2016, Exploring controversy in Twitter. in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW. vol. 26-February-2016, ACM, pp. 33-36, ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, San Francisco, California, United States, 27/02/2016. https://doi.org/10.1145/2818052.2874318

Exploring controversy in Twitter. / Garimella, Venkata; Mathioudakis, Michail; De Francisci Morales, Gianmarco et al.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW. Vol. 26-February-2016 ACM, 2016. p. 33-36.

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