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Learning Social Media Analytics with R

You're reading from   Learning Social Media Analytics with R Transform data from social media platforms into actionable business insights

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787127524
Length 394 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Raghav Bali Raghav Bali
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Dipanjan Sarkar Dipanjan Sarkar
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Karthik Ganapathy Karthik Ganapathy
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Tushar Sharma Tushar Sharma
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Preface 1. Getting Started with R and Social Media Analytics 2. Twitter – What's Happening with 140 Characters FREE CHAPTER 3. Analyzing Social Networks and Brand Engagements with Facebook 4. Foursquare – Are You Checked in Yet? 5. Analyzing Software Collaboration Trends I – Social Coding with GitHub 6. Analyzing Software Collaboration Trends II - Answering Your Questions with StackExchange 7. Believe What You See – Flickr Data Analysis 8. News – The Collective Social Media! Index

Summarizing news articles


We have been dealing with a lot of data relevant to news articles in this chapter. So far, we have looked at solving problems such as analyzing the sentiments and emotions conveyed by various articles, and how to extract key topics and concepts from news articles. Another key use case or problem that is relevant in the world of news and journalism is the ability to summarize news articles. You are already aware that we are living in the age of digital revolution, and have moved on from a PC-first culture to a mobile-first culture, which is still rapidly evolving over time. Everyone is busy with their own lives and their work, but they will always have their smartphones, watches, and tablets with them on the go. Accessing the most relevant news as quickly as possible is definitely what customers look for when using their mobile devices or even their PCs. While news headlines do serve this purpose to some extent, the real challenge involves summarizing the core content...

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