Analysing the city through data retrieved from Location Based Social Networks (LBSNs) has
received considerable attention as a promising method for applied research. However, the …

The use of online social networks has made significant progress in recent years as the use
of the Internet has become widespread worldwide as the technological infrastructure and the …

Twitter is among the fastest‐growing microblogging and online social networking services.
Messages posted on Twitter (tweets) have been reporting everything from daily life stories to …

Social media is an invaluable source of time-critical information during a crisis. However,
emergency response and humanitarian relief organizations that would like to use this …

Social media platforms provide active communication channels during mass convergence
and emergency events such as disasters caused by natural hazards. As a result, first …

Twitter, as a form of social media, is fast emerging in recent years. Users are using Twitter to
report real-life events. This paper focuses on detecting those events by analyzing the text …

User-contributed messages on social media sites such as Twitter have emerged aspowerful,
real-time means of information sharing on the Web. These short messages tend to reflect a …

Online social network such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are increasingly becoming
the go-to medium for users to acquire information and discuss what is happening globally …

Twitter, Facebook, and other related systems that we call social awareness streams are
rapidly changing the information and communication dynamics of our society. These …

Microblogging services such as Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare have become major
sources for information about real-world events. Most approaches that aim at extracting …