The Lexicocalorimeter: Gauging public health through caloric input and output on social media

The Lexicocalorimeter: Gauging public health through caloric input and output on social media

We propose and develop a Lexicocalorimeter: an online, interactive instrument for measuring the "caloric content" of social media and other large-scale texts. We do so by constructing extensive yet improvable tables of food and activity related phrases, and respectively assigning them with...

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Main Authors: Alajajian, Sharon E. (Author), Williams, Jake Ryland (Author), Reagan, Andrew J. (Author), Alajajian, Stephen C. (Author), Mitchell, Lewis (Author), Lahne, Jacob (Author), Danforth, Christopher M. (Author), Dodds, Peter Sheridan (Author), Frank, Morgan Ryan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2017-06-19T14:01:18Z.
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