Comments for Media Cloud http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud A project of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Visualizations by Beecher Bowers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/visualizations/comment-page-2/#comment-3468 Beecher Bowers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:56:44 +0000 http://dawn.law.harvard.edu:8083/php/mc/?page_id=3#comment-3468 great feature! great feature!

]]> Comment on Keep Up-To-Date with Media Cloud by Beecher Bowers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/2009/01/15/keep-up-to-date-with-media-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-3467 Beecher Bowers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:55:42 +0000 http://dawn.law.harvard.edu:8083/php/mc/?p=5#comment-3467 <a href="#comment-19" rel="nofollow">@Gere Unger,MD,JD,LL.M.</a> @Gere Unger,MD,JD,LL.M.

]]> Comment on Ethan Zuckerman Describes Media Cloud by Beecher Bowers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/2009/03/11/ethan-zuckerman-describes-media-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-3429 Beecher Bowers Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:03:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/?p=17#comment-3429 this was a very good interview. The lack of Congo coverage was interesting this was a very good interview. The lack of Congo coverage was interesting

]]> Comment on Welcome, NYT Readers by Beecher Bowers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/2009/08/05/welcome-nyt-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-3428 Beecher Bowers Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:59:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/?p=22#comment-3428 Perhaps you obtain reprint permission and post the article. Perhaps you obtain reprint permission and post the article.

]]> Comment on Keep Up-To-Date with Media Cloud by tim http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/2009/01/15/keep-up-to-date-with-media-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 tim Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:46:03 +0000 http://dawn.law.harvard.edu:8083/php/mc/?p=5#comment-1030 Actually influence is the measure of success, credibility is only a contributing factor and is in the eye of the beholder<a href="#comment-111" rel="nofollow">@Mary E Anderson </a> Actually influence is the measure of success, credibility is only a contributing factor and is in the eye of the beholder@Mary E Anderson

]]> Comment on Visualizations by John http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/visualizations/comment-page-2/#comment-987 John Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:00:51 +0000 http://dawn.law.harvard.edu:8083/php/mc/?page_id=3#comment-987 I think the entire concept behind your project is fantastic and plan to follow your progress. As for this tool in particular (writing as a computer scientist): I wonder how these terms are extracted. What dictionary are you using to distinguish phrases from single words? Example: in top 10 of the Asbury Park Press I get 'monmouth' and 'monmouth county'. Also, I'm seeing phrases and words that might be section/edition titles in every single paper. Like: 'ocean county', which I suspect might come from Ocean County Edition being printed in every single paper. Is there any way to filter out headings and section titles? I think the entire concept behind your project is fantastic and plan to follow your progress.

As for this tool in particular (writing as a computer scientist): I wonder how these terms are extracted. What dictionary are you using to distinguish phrases from single words? Example: in top 10 of the Asbury Park Press I get ‘monmouth’ and ‘monmouth county’.

Also, I’m seeing phrases and words that might be section/edition titles in every single paper. Like: ‘ocean county’, which I suspect might come from Ocean County Edition being printed in every single paper. Is there any way to filter out headings and section titles?

]]> Comment on What Are Your Research Ideas? by John http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/2009/01/15/what-are-your-research-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-982 John Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:28:02 +0000 http://dawn.law.harvard.edu:8083/php/mc/?p=4#comment-982 I work on very different data -- Chinese Chan (Zen) texts from the sixth to the eleventh century -- and I wonder how adaptable your software tools, or the underlying code, might be. One of the major problems we're facing is tracing the links between story lines, discussion topics, and doctrinal threads as they moved through the monastic grapevine. We have, or are developing, electronic texts. So, what kind of tagging would we have to do to use software such as this, what other sorts of data preparation would be necessary, what would be the problems working with non-English data (where words are not defined by intervening spaces, for one thing), and what might we expect to discover? I work on very different data — Chinese Chan (Zen) texts from the sixth to the eleventh century — and I wonder how adaptable your software tools, or the underlying code, might be. One of the major problems we’re facing is tracing the links between story lines, discussion topics, and doctrinal threads as they moved through the monastic grapevine. We have, or are developing, electronic texts. So, what kind of tagging would we have to do to use software such as this, what other sorts of data preparation would be necessary, what would be the problems working with non-English data (where words are not defined by intervening spaces, for one thing), and what might we expect to discover?

]]> Comment on What Are Your Research Ideas? by Scott Smith http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/2009/01/15/what-are-your-research-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-974 Scott Smith Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:00:28 +0000 http://dawn.law.harvard.edu:8083/php/mc/?p=4#comment-974 Integration with the newly released Dispute Finder would be very interesting. This tool allows people to create a counter-bibliography with refuting evidence for news claims, or any internet claim. It was one of the more interesting talks at an OSCON presentation on computational journalism a few weeks ago. Release announcement from Intel on June 20th: http://stuff.techwhack.com/6808-dispute-finder Home site at UC Berkeley: http://disputefinder.cs.berkeley.edu/ OSCON Presentation covering this and other tools: http://www.slideshare.net/bradstenger/oscon-presentationcomputational-journalism Integration with the newly released Dispute Finder would be very interesting. This tool allows people to create a counter-bibliography with refuting evidence for news claims, or any internet claim. It was one of the more interesting talks at an OSCON presentation on computational journalism a few weeks ago.

Release announcement from Intel on June 20th:
http://stuff.techwhack.com/6808-dispute-finder

Home site at UC Berkeley:
http://disputefinder.cs.berkeley.edu/

OSCON Presentation covering this and other tools:
http://www.slideshare.net/bradstenger/oscon-presentationcomputational-journalism

]]> Comment on What Are Your Research Ideas? by Michael H. Goldhaber http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/2009/01/15/what-are-your-research-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-968 Michael H. Goldhaber Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:30:38 +0000 http://dawn.law.harvard.edu:8083/php/mc/?p=4#comment-968 Does the drift of discussion on the Internet affect legislators and policy makers? A correlation between much used terms on blogs.etc., and the words of politicians would be one way to begin to examine this key question about how democracy functions now . Does the drift of discussion on the Internet affect legislators and policy makers? A correlation between much used terms on blogs.etc., and the words of politicians would be one way to begin to examine this key question about how democracy functions now .

]]> Comment on Welcome, NYT Readers by Lisa Turner http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/2009/08/05/welcome-nyt-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Lisa Turner Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:32:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediacloud/?p=22#comment-961 I just read the NYT article and found it very interesting. I have seen the media cloud on some sites and wondered how to get it and its applications. I also read about your release of the code and I am looking forward to following the developments, joining your community and figuring out how I can use it. I want to be able to track ideas in the nonprofit world in the USA and also international NGOs around specific issues. Congratulations and thank you for the openness. I just read the NYT article and found it very interesting. I have seen the media cloud on some sites and wondered how to get it and its applications. I also read about your release of the code and I am looking forward to following the developments, joining your community and figuring out how I can use it. I want to be able to track ideas in the nonprofit world in the USA and also international NGOs around specific issues. Congratulations and thank you for the openness.

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