classecol: classifiers to understand public opinions of nature

Human perceptions of nature, once the domain of the social sciences, are now an important part of environmental research. In ecology, cultural values have become a key component of ecosystem services, and in conservation, people’s perceptions can influence which species are traded, protected, and persecuted. This transdisciplinary shift has brought the human dimensions of nature into focus. However, the data and tools to tackle this research are lacking or are difficult to apply. For example, currently available approaches like sentiment analysis could view text describing the beauty of sharks as negative, simply because the word ‘shark’ has a negative connotation in these methods. Here, we present a collection of text classification models to measure public opinions on nature and hunting that were trained using an extensive dataset of social media messages from Twitter. These models allow us to identify text relevant to the broad topics of hunting and nature, describing whether opinions are pro- or against-hunting, or show interest, concern or fear of nature. The methods also include a biographical classification – describing whether the author of the text is a person, nature expert, nature organisation, or ‘Other’. The models are designed to support qualitative analysis of big data, but can be applied to smaller data problems. The models accurately classified biographies, text related to hunting and nature, and the stance towards hunting and nature (weighted F-scores: 0.79 - 0.99; 1 indicates perfect accuracy). All tested sentiment analysis methods failed to distinguish between hunting (e.g. pro- vs. against-hunting) and nature stances. These models are presented in the form of an R package classecol.

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Research on Sentiment Tendency and Evolution of Public Opinions in Social Networks of Smart City

Complexity ◽

10.1155/2020/9789431 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yanni Liu ◽

Dongsheng Liu ◽

Yuwei Chen

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Network ◽

Sentiment Analysis ◽

Smart City ◽

Topic Model ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Mobile Internet ◽

Time Curve ◽

Public Opinions ◽

The Social

With the rapid development of mobile Internet, the social network has become an important platform for users to receive, release, and disseminate information. In order to get more valuable information and implement effective supervision on public opinions, it is necessary to study the public opinions, sentiment tendency, and the evolution of the hot events in social networks of a smart city. In view of social networks’ characteristics such as short text, rich topics, diverse sentiments, and timeliness, this paper conducts text modeling with words co-occurrence based on the topic model. Besides, the sentiment computing and the time factor are incorporated to construct the dynamic topic-sentiment mixture model (TSTS). Then, four hot events were randomly selected from the microblog as datasets to evaluate the TSTS model in terms of topic feature extraction, sentiment analysis, and time change. The results show that the TSTS model is better than the traditional models in topic extraction and sentiment analysis. Meanwhile, by fitting the time curve of hot events, the change rules of comments in the social network is obtained.

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Clubhouse Experience

10.4018/978-1-7998-8413-2.ch011 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 244-264

Author(s):

Ipek Deveci Kocakoç ◽

Pınar Özkan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Networking ◽

Sentiment Analysis ◽

Supervised Learning ◽

European Countries ◽

Media Messages ◽

The Social ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Learning By Using

Clubhouse is an invitation-only social networking application that differs from the usual social media platforms in that it is “audio only.” In this chapter, the sentiments in the social media messages about Clubhouse in the classic SMPs are examined by supervised learning (by using Hugging Face Transformer Library), and the user feelings are analyzed. Because Turkey is in the first ranks among European countries in terms of both the number of social media users and the number of messages, the analysis is conducted using the Turkish users. Mentions of Clubhouse have begun on Twitter and Sourtimes platforms in Turkey in early 2021. In this study, the aim is to demonstrate how Clubhouse, a new and different SMP, is evaluated by Twitter and Sourtimes users and to reveal user thoughts about this SMP along the timeline by using sentiment analysis.

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Analysis of Social Media Influencers and Trends on Online and Mobile Learning

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning ◽

10.19173/irrodl.v18i1.2640 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Chien-wen Shen ◽

Chin-Jin Kuo ◽

Pham Thi Minh Ly

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Online Learning ◽

Mobile Learning ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Public Opinions ◽

The Public ◽

Media Messages ◽

The Social

Although educational practitioners have adopted social media to their online or mobile communities, little attention has been paid to investigate the social media messages related to online or mobile learning. The purpose of this research is to identify social media influencers and trends by mining Twitter posts related to online learning and mobile learning. We identified the influencers on Twitter by three different measures: the number of tweets posted by each user, the number of mentions by other users for each user, and the number of retweets for each user. We also analyzed the trends of online learning and mobile learning by the following perspectives: the descriptive statistics of the related tweets, the monthly and hourly line charts of the related tweets, the descriptive statistics of the related retweets, the volume trends of the most retweeted tweets, and the top 10 hashtags of the related tweets. The results of this study can provide educational practitioners different ways of understanding and explaining the public opinions toward online learning and mobile learning.

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THE IDENTITY OF JAVANESE WOMEN (The study of Phenomenology Toward Indonesian Migrant Women Workers)

Journal of Academic Research and Sciences (JARES) ◽

10.30957/jares.v1i1.506 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 61-72

Author(s):

Anam Miftakhul Huda

Keyword(s):

Women Workers ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Homo Sapiens ◽

Formal Sector ◽

Java Language ◽

Cultural Codes ◽

Or Groups ◽

The Social ◽

Opposite Sex

The woman stands for Java language (wani ditoto) term used for Homo sapiens gender and has reproduction. The opposite sex from the woman is a man or a male. The woman is a word commonly used to describe mature women. Awareness of Indonesian women to work very large, although the country must work out to become migrant workers, this is shown by the increasing number of women migrant workers every year.Based BNP2TKI report in 2013 the number of migrants reached 512 168 people, consisting of 285 197 person formal workers (56 %) and 226 871 informal migrant workers (44 %). Whereas in 2012 migrant workers reached 494 609 people consisting of 258 411 formal sector (52 %) and 236 198 informal migrant workers (48 %). (detik.com). This research using phenomenology approach by deep interview (unstructured) observation non participants and study documentation. The subject in this research is Javanese Indonesian women. The informants of this research are six women workers. The purpose of this research is expected to describe the shift in the concept of Javanese women carry out tasks in abroad, there are Indonesian cultural values implied by the instincts of a typical traditional Javanese woman, though the housemaids are located in other countries.Social identity theory is a theory that was originally engaged in the area of Social Psychology, with the language and its ability to find and understand the meaning, has become a meta - theory that is able to bring together many disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, communications, as implications is that reality is always social, and the social contextual character always in a state of local culture and history.The meaning of something can be very different in cultures or groups of people who are different because in each cultural or community groups have own ways to interpret things. Groups of people who have a background of understanding is not the same to certain cultural codes will not be able to understand the meaning produced by other community groups.Research described that diversity nations woman patriarchy, Javanese culture properties characteristic of java women clearly reflected in life with workers Indonesia (TKW) is different from another country.

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ANALISIS UNSUR EKSTRINSIK NOVEL SANG PEMIMPI KARYA ANDREA HIRATA

Jurnal KATA ◽

10.22216/jk.v1i2.2301 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 137

Author(s):

Erlina Erlina

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Religious Education ◽

Speech Acts ◽

Social Values ◽

The Novel ◽

Political Values ◽

Educational Value ◽

Cultural Rights ◽

The Social ◽

Data Source

This research is motivated by the analysis extrinsic elements novel Sang Pemimpi. This study aimed to describe the social values, cultural values, moral values, and religious values in the novel Sang Pemimpi. The research is a qualitative study using descriptive methods. The data in this study is a form of social values, cultural values, religius values and moral on Sang Pemimpi novel by Andrea Hirata. Data source is Sang Pemimpi novel by Andrea Hirata. Data collection techniques in this study are: (1) to read and understand the Novel Sang Pemimpi by Andrea Hirata, and (2) give coding by underlining sentences containing social values, cultural values and political values in the note of the novel Sang Pemimpi by Andrea Hirata all data regarding speech acts in a novel study. While the steps in analyzing data are: (1) read data that has been recorded, (2) classify or record data for the purpose for researchers based on the novel Sang Pemimpi by Andrea Hirata, (3) interpreting or interpretation of data for the purpose of research is to analyze the novel Sang Pemimpi by Andrea Hirata, and (4) make the conclusion of the study. The results of this study stated that extrinsic elements contained in Sang Pemimpi novel by Andrea Hirata is the value of cultural education, where cultural rights set forth in the novel The Dreamer ie when they are a teenager then it started to work for money. Social educational value, namely the attitude of helping each other like Arai and Mak Cik, and as pastor and Jimbron. the value of religious education that is visible on the pastor and Jimbron, although Jimbron raised by a pastor, but the pastor did not impose his religion on Jimbron. moral and political education value seen in a leader who has no morals and honesty. Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh analisis unsur ekstrinsik novel Sang Pemimpi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan nilai sosial, nilai budaya, nilai politik, nilai moral, dan nilai religius dalam novel Sang Pemimpi. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif. Data dalampenelitian iniadalah bentuk nilai sosial, nilai budaya, nilai realigi dan moral dalam novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata. Sumber datanya adalah novelSang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata.Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah: (1) membaca dan memahami Novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata, dan (2) memberi pengkodean dengan menggarisbawahi kalimat-kalimat yang mengandung nilai sosial, nilai budaya, dan nilai politik dalam Mencatat Novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata semua data mengenai tindak tutur dalam novel yang diteliti. Sedangkan langkah-langkah dalam menganalisis datanya adalah: (1) membaca data yang sudah dicatat, (2) mengklasifikasikan atau mencatat data sesuai tujuan peneliti berdasarkan novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata, (3) menginterprestasikan atau penafsiran data dengan tujuan penelitian yaitu menganalisis novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata, dan (4) membuat simpulan penelitian.Hasil penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa unsur ekstrinsik yang dapat dalam novel Sang Pemimpi karya Andrea Hirata adalah nilai pendidikan budaya, di mana budaya yang tercantum dalam novel Sang Pemimpi yaitu apabila sudah beranjak remaja maka sudah mulai bekerja untuk mencari uang. nilai pendidikan sosial, yaitu adanya sikap saling tolong menolong seperti Arai dan Mak Cik, dan seperti pendeta dan Jimbron. nilai pendidikan religius yaitu terlihat pada pendeta dan Jimbron, walaupun Jimbron diasuh oleh seorang Pendeta, tetapi pendeta tersebut tidak memaksakan agamanya pada Jimbron. nilai pendidikan moral dan politik terlihat pada seorang pemimpin yang tidak mempunyai moral dan kejujuran.

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Perception of Absence as Value-Driven Perception

10.1093/oso/9780198786054.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Anya Farennikova

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Ring Finger ◽

Cultural Knowledge ◽

The Social ◽

New Form

Experiences of absence are often laden with values and expectations. For example, one might notice that a job candidate is not wearing a tie, or see the absence of a wedding band on a person's ring finger. These experiences embody cultural knowledge and expectations, and therefore seem like good candidates for being a form of evaluative perception. This chapter argues that experiences of absence are evaluative apart from the social or cultural values they take on. They are evaluative in their core, solely by virtue of being experiences of absence. The chapter begins by explaining why certain experiences of absence should be treated as a case of genuine perception. It then clarifies the role of the evaluative states in experiences of absence. The chapter concludes by arguing that experiences of absence constitute a new form of evaluative perception, and presents the subjective–objective dichotomy in a new light.

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Understanding and translating Confucian philosophy in the Analects: a sociosemiotic perspective

Semiotica ◽

10.1515/sem-2017-0144 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Fan Min

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Language Use ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Cultural Norms ◽

Original Text ◽

Intercultural Understanding ◽

Cultural Assumptions ◽

The Social ◽

Confucian Philosophy ◽

The Analects

Abstract As the representative of Chinese classical works, the Analects represents a source of difficulty in both understanding and interpretation of Confucian philosophy. Confucian philosophy as a philosophy of creativity and otherness is closely related with the social and cultural values in society. Therefore, the study of Confucian philosophy in the Analects cannot be separated from the descriptive study of the effects of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, contexts, language use, and the effects of language use on society. This article attempts to explore how the meaning of Confucian philosophy in the Analects is interpreted and accepted by Western readers through complex social semiotic interactions. The article focuses on the interpretation of Confucian philosophy as a reflection of cultural assumptions, values and prohibitions, and the manipulation of the social semiotic resources in the process of understanding, translation, and acceptance of Confucian philosophy in the Analects through a discussion of its original text, different versions and the reasons behind the social semiotic activities. The article concludes with a consideration of significant social semiotic interactions that influence the translator’s interpretation and reader’s acceptance of Confucian philosophy so as to facilitate intercultural understanding.

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Telling Our Stories: Resilience during Resettlement for African Skilled Migrants in Australia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18083954 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 3954

Author(s):

Lillian Mwanri ◽

Leticia Anderson ◽

Kathomi Gatwiri

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

South Australia ◽

Qualitative Inquiry ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Face To Face ◽

Health And Wellbeing ◽

African Migrants ◽

Cultural Expectations ◽

The Social ◽

Resilience Factors

Background: Emigration to Australia by people from Africa has grown steadily in the past two decades, with skilled migration an increasingly significant component of migration streams. Challenges to resettlement in Australia by African migrants have been identified, including difficulties securing employment, experiences of racism, discrimination and social isolation. These challenges can negatively impact resettlement outcomes, including health and wellbeing. There has been limited research that has examined protective and resilience factors that help highly skilled African migrants mitigate the aforementioned challenges in Australia. This paper discusses how individual and community resilience factors supported successful resettlement Africans in Australia. The paper is contextualised within a larger study which sought to investigate how belonging and identity inform Afrodiasporic experiences of Africans in Australia. Methods: A qualitative inquiry was conducted with twenty-seven (n = 27) skilled African migrants based in South Australia, using face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Participants were not directly questioned about ‘resilience,’ but were encouraged to reflect critically on how they navigated the transition to living in Australia, and to identify factors that facilitated a successful resettlement. Results: The study findings revealed a mixture of settlement experiences for participants. Resettlement challenges were observed as barriers to fully meeting expectations of emigration. However, there were significant protective factors reported that supported resilience, including participants’ capacities for excellence and willingness to work hard; the social capital vested in community and family support networks; and African religious and cultural values and traditions. Many participants emphasised their pride in their contributions to Australian society as well as their desire to contribute to changing narratives of what it means to be African in Australia. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that despite challenges, skilled African migrants’ resilience, ambition and determination were significant enablers to a healthy resettlement in Australia, contributing effectively to social, economic and cultural expectations, and subsequently meeting most of their own migration intentions. These findings suggest that resilience factors identified in the study are key elements of integration.

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Using Social Media in Tourist Sentiment Analysis: A Case Study of Andalusia during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13073836 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 3836

Author(s):

David Flores-Ruiz ◽

Adolfo Elizondo-Salto ◽

María de la O. Barroso-González

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Sentiment Analysis ◽

Cost Savings ◽

Mass Scale ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

The Social ◽

Analytical Tools ◽

Media Data

This paper explores the role of social media in tourist sentiment analysis. To do this, it describes previous studies that have carried out tourist sentiment analysis using social media data, before analyzing changes in tourists’ sentiments and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the case study, which focuses on Andalusia, the changes experienced by the tourism sector in the southern Spanish region as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are assessed using the Andalusian Tourism Situation Survey (ECTA). This information is then compared with data obtained from a sentiment analysis based on the social network Twitter. On the basis of this comparative analysis, the paper concludes that it is possible to identify and classify tourists’ perceptions using sentiment analysis on a mass scale with the help of statistical software (RStudio and Knime). The sentiment analysis using Twitter data correlates with and is supplemented by information from the ECTA survey, with both analyses showing that tourists placed greater value on safety and preferred to travel individually to nearby, less crowded destinations since the pandemic began. Of the two analytical tools, sentiment analysis can be carried out on social media on a continuous basis and offers cost savings.

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Body pedagogics, culture and the transactional case of Vélo worlds

European Journal of Social Theory ◽

10.1177/1368431021996642 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136843102199664

Author(s):

Chris Shilling

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Cultural Transmission ◽

The Body ◽

Knowing How ◽

Significant Growth ◽

The Past ◽

The Social ◽

Cognitive Information ◽

Sociological Studies ◽

Ways Of Life

During the past two decades, there has been a significant growth of sociological studies into the ‘body pedagogics’ of cultural transmission, reproduction and change. Rejecting the tendency to over-valorise cognitive information, these investigations have explored the importance of corporeal capacities, habits and techniques in the processes associated with belonging to specific ‘ways of life’. Focused on practical issues associated with ‘knowing how’ to operate within specific cultures, however, body pedagogic analyses have been less effective at accounting for the incarnation of cultural values. Addressing this limitation, with reference to the radically diverse norms involved historically and contemporarily in ‘vélo worlds’, I develop Dewey’s pragmatist transactionalism by arguing that the social, material and intellectual processes involved in learning physical techniques inevitably entail a concurrent entanglement with, and development of, values.

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