Module X2 Location-based Social Network (LBSN) and Text Mining
We are in an era of ever-increasing user-generated content, patterns of human activity can bring insights revealed from online social media platforms. Obtaining meaningful information from these sources represents both a challenge and an opportunity. Specifically, digital data sources provide researchers with a new approach to the study of urban phenomena. To this content, analyzing the city through data retrieved from Location Based Social Networks (LBSNs) has received considerable attention as a promising method for applied research.
This module will cover the basic concepts and examples of LBSN data and its application in urban analytics, and it will provide a step-by-step tutorial on sentiment analysis, using social media posts as an example.