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THINKING OUT LOUD WITH SHELDON MacLEOD: Mining social media for pandemic impacts

Jan. 13, 2021--A student walks along the Dalhousie Campus Wednesday afternoon.
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Researchers at Dalhousie University are using Artificial Intelligence to analyze millions of tweets to identify trends that could help inform public health policy. Dr. Rita Orji describes how they can predict where people are emotionally based on what they say on their social media platforms.



Sheldon MacLeod has been a broadcast professional for close to 30 years. Eyewitness to the transition from 45s and magnetic tape to CDs, MP3s, computers, websites, blogs and the worldwide web. And through all of the technology one thing remains constant: the satisfaction of sharing compelling stories with other humans. The responsibility of knowing better, is doing better. Sheldon is based in Halifax, N.S. Reach out to Sheldon at [email protected].


Sheldon MacLeod. - Contributed
Sheldon MacLeod. - Contributed

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