Language Processing and Social Media

The analysis of textual data from social media has become crucial for understanding social dynamics, trends, and online behavior. This field relies on several Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques that transform unstructured text into useful information.

The modules below guide users, even those with little or no programming background, through the key concepts and tools needed to handle and analyze online textual data. From text cleaning and sentiment analysis to social network extraction, each section offers a theoretical introduction along with one or more practical cases suited both to beginner researchers and to more advanced users.

Explore each module to discover different dimensions of NLP applied to social media data.