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Karlin Lab
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A lab that studies social media and media culture through both theory and data.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading the society and culture that media shape.
The Karlin Lab conducts research in media studies and cultural studies.
Its main subjects are social media, data science, and computer-mediated communication (CMC).
Prof. Karlin's books include Gender and Nation in Meiji Japan, which deals with gender and the nation in Meiji-era Japan, and the co-authored AKB48.
Prof. Karlin also develops software, such as sentiment analysis tools.
Key terms
- Cultural Studies
- A field that studies everyday culture, such as television, music, and fan activities, in relation to society and power
- CMC
- Communication between people through computers or the internet, such as email and social media
- Sentiment analysis
- A technology that uses computers to detect the feelings expressed in text, such as whether they are positive or negative
ResearchResearch themes
From the standpoint of media studies and cultural studies, the lab studies social media, data science, and computer-mediated communication (CMC). It also develops software, including a tool that performs sentiment analysis on posts on GirlsChannel.net.
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- ProfessorJason G. Karlin
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