Exploring the Use of Machine Learning to Automate the Qualitative Coding of Church-related Tweets

This article builds on previous research around the exploration of the content of church-related tweets. It does so by exploring whether the qualitative thematic coding of such tweets can, in part, be automated by the use of machine learning. It compares three supervised machine learning algorithms...

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Authors: Cooper, Anthony-Paul (Author) ; Kolog, Emmanuel Awuni (Author) ; Sutinen, Erkki (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2019]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 140-159
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church / Online community / Twitter (Softwareplattform) / New media / Artificial intelligence / Algorithms / Communication / Quality improvement
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
CF Christianity and Science
FD Contextual theology
Further subjects:B social media research
B digital theology
B sociology of religion
B Machine Learning
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