Public safety in public areas is nowadays one of the main concerns for governments and
companies around the world. Video surveillance systems can take advantage from the …

Gun violence is a large and growing problem in the United States. Many reformers look
towards elections to spur policy change in this area. In this paper, we explore the effects of …

This chapter argues that the conventional theories and processes at the core of the
discipline of political communication are rooted in assumptions that no longer hold and …

Twitter analysis through data mining, text analysis, and visualization, coupled with the
application of actor-network-theory, reveals a coalition of heterogenous religious affiliations …

While much is known about how the media covers mass shootings within the United States
and how this coverage impacts the public, little is known about the consumption and …

User-generated online data has, in recent years, become an important basis for sociological
research, and the ubiquity of social media presages the importance of an increased …

While trauma and loss can occur anywhere, most suffering is experienced as personal
tragedy. Yet some tragedies transcend everyday life's sad but inevitable traumas to become …

Abstract Information crises co-occur alongside most natural and human crises. Widespread
use of social media complicates these intertwined crises with new opportunities and …

Deep learning models being used to improve human life has been an ongoing domain of
research. Violence, especially with the proliferation of arms, has been on the increase …

In this dissertation, I explore the formation of issue-specific opinions, in particular public
opinion about climate change in the United States. More specifically, I analyze whether …