in the media

Here's a selection of media references related to my research. Some of them are in greek language (gr).

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2013

• March 25, 2013 - "Fold Up Your Handkerchiefs: Books Have Gotten Less ‘Emotional,’ Study Says", by Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times
• March 22, 2013 - "Eek! Study finds books are getting scarier", by Alyssa Rosenberg, Slate
• March 21, 2013 - "Text mining uncovers British reserve and US emotion", by Philip Ball, Nature News
• March 20, 2013 - "What are you in the mood for?: Emotional trends in 20th century books", by Souri Somphanith, PLoS ONE Community Blog
• March 20, 2013 - "Expression of emotion in books declined during 20th century, study finds", University of Sheffield News

2012

• September, 2012 - "Twitter Study Shows an Increase in Negative Mood Leading Up to Last Year's London Riots", by Chuck Thomson, The Socionomist
• July 30, 2012 - "A PhD in Twitter", by Tom Savage, 3Desk
• June 7, 2012 - "Revealed: The Face of Twitter", Geeks are Sexy
• April 20, 2012 - «Δημοσκόπηση από το... Twitter» by Fanouris Drakakis, Deasy (gr)
• April 18, 2012 - Nello Cristianini on our Twitter content analysis project, BBC World
• April 18, 2012 - "Can Twitter Tell Us What We're Feeling?" by Sonia Paul, Mashable
• April 17, 2012 - «Καθρέφτης των συναισθημάτων ενός έθνους το Twitter», Deasy (gr)
• April 17, 2012 - "Twitter reveals effects of the recession on public mood" by Jacob Aron, New Scientist
• April 17, 2012 - "Can social media detect the changes in public mood?", University of Bristol News & Science Daily
• March 20, 2012 - "Costing the Earth: Outbreak" by Martin Poyntz-Roberts, BBC Radio 4
• March 9, 2012 - "Diagnosing flu symptoms with social media", Natural Hazards Observer

2011

• December 27, 2011 - "Brits study forecasting flu outbreaks using Twitter", by Linda Chalmer Zemel, Examiner 
• November 29, 2011 - "And it's raining", SkillZone Newsletter
• November 1, 2011 - "Could social media be used to detect disease outbreaks?", University of Bristol News & Science Daily
• January 17, 2011 - "Peek into future" by John Reji, mydigitalfc

2010

• November 27, 2010 - "Engines of the future: The cyber crystal ball" by Phil McKenna, New Scientist
• July 14, 2010 - "How Twitter Could Better Predict Disease Outbreaks" by Christopher Mims, MIT Technology Review

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Why have I enlisted media references? For two reasons. Firstly, because quite often a media reference indicates that something is of public interest. And secondly, because journalists have the talent to address a more broad audience better than myself. (Third reason: Vanity.)