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Leveraging the Semantics of Tweets for Adaptive Faceted Search on Twitter

by Ilknur Celik

To appear In: Proceedings of 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Bonn, Germany, October 2011.
Abel, F, Celik, I., Houben, G-.J., Siehndel, P.

New Media and the 'Anchor Baby' Boom

by Gabe Ignatow

co-authored with Alexander T. Williams

forthcoming in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

The term ‘anchor baby’ refers to children born in the U.S. to undocumented migrant parents who are thought to have... more The term ‘anchor baby’ refers to children born in the U.S. to undocumented migrant parents who are thought to have been conceived in order to improve their parents’ chances of attaining citizenship. Though the term is considered racist and dehumanizing by many, it has recently entered into common usage. This study investigates the process by which this has occurred. We test hypotheses derived from theories of mass and new media using multiple data sources and methods of analysis, and find that the main sources of the anchor baby boom are partisan news sites. The findings suggest that new media may be influencing mass media by creating unique and unprecedented opportunities for medium-sized partisan news organizations.