Unveiling the potentials and limitations of Sentiment analysis algorithms to study news media
Here you will find some outputs of my research on the use of sentiment analysis algorithms to study news coverage of events.
Research
The archived Olympics: exploring the narratives of Legacy in the UK Web Archive
This research project aimed at exploring the ways in which the legacy of the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games has been narrated by news organisations, government websites and activist blogs. This study was conducted as part of a placement at the British Library (UK Web Archive - UKWA) under the project CLEOPATRA.
Occupying Facebook: social movements, performativity and engagement
This study was conducted during my Master’s in Communication at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE - Brazil), and a Fellowship placement at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS - Germany). It explores the use of Facebook Events by Occupy Movements in Brazil to promote engagement in demonstrations on the streets