"This report aims to introduce techniques and procedures of NLP (Natural Language Processing), the computational preparation and analysis of text data, to map the public voice and aid development. First, the report introduces essential concepts of communication and elaborates on the theoretical foun
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dations of natural language analyses. Second, the report reviews research on NLP of social media text data by showcasing studies that have applied the techniques to the Sustainable Development Goals. Third, the report reviews specific NLP techniques, including data preprocessing, and dicusses libraries and programming procedures. It also reviews concepts such as keyword extraction to identify relevant terms, topic modeling to detect common themes, and text classification to recognize language features. These NLP techniques are showcased in two case studies. The first shows how topic modeling can be applied to derive insights on the public debate over climate change in Australia. The second demonstrates how text classification can be leveraged to analyze public sentiment on COVID-19 in the Philippines. Finally, the report discusses the challenges and limitations, as well as the potentials, of NLP." (Foreword)
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"In sintesi, ogni azione comunicativa è preceduta da una relazione sociale, che la rende esplicita, che può influire su di essa e, a sua volta, può modificare quella relazione e farne emergere un’altra, si sia coscienti o meno. Da ciò si comprende che in una società come quella contemporanea,
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chiamata a rispondere alla sfida di imparare a vivere insieme in contesti multiculturali, diventa prioritario, per le scienze della comunicazione, mettere in evidenza il rapporto che esiste tra comunicazione e relazione sociale ed agire di conseguenza. Nel passaggio successivo si è approfondito il pensiero donatiano sulla comunicazione, sottolineando alcuni tra i punti in cui l’autore presenta uno sguardo originale: intendere la comunicazione come un’azione reciproca (rel/azione), tra coscienze (soggetti agenti), che accade all’interno di una relazione pre-esistente, dando vita ad una nuova relazione emergente (terzo), potendo produrre beni relazionale e processi di morfogenesi (cambiamento) sociale." (Conclusioni, pagina 225-226)
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"This introduction is more of an outline than a detailed description of and for intercultural communication. This book should help to introduce students and anybody interested into the field of intercultural communication. The main approach in the presentation comes from the social communications fi
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eld, but an attempt is also made to incorporate interdisciplinary considerations from fields like anthropology and missiology." (Forweord to the first edition)
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"Much research on urban development is supply-led - generated by the interests of donors and researchers in the North rather than the needs of poor households in the growing cities of the South, Communicating for Development focuses attention on the most fundamental of questions about development: h
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ow can the lessons of good practice and innovation and the results of research benefit the poor? The book offers in-depth discussion about how the communication process works - or doesn't work. It questions and challenges: who are the stakeholders; what are the best vehicles for transferring knowledge; why are local networks and intermediaries so important; what can hinder the communication process; and how may these gaps and barriers be overcome? Moreover, the book challenges traditional participatory methods of relating to the needs of poor urban communities and proposes instead the application of new communication and knowledge management methods currently used in business management." (Publisher description)
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