[Somean] [Lingosu] Workshop on Text Processing -- Social Psychology Style (fwd)

[Michael]

I'm definitely interested in this and I'll be able to go and report back too. 
   - mike 




On Jan 3, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Kathryn Campbell-Kibler <kbck at ling.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

> 
> It would be good if we could send some So Meaners to this, if anyone is able.
> 
> -K
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:46:16 +0000
> From: Laura Wagner <wagner at psy.ohio-state.edu>
> To: "lingosu at mail.ling.ohio-state.edu" <lingosu at mail.ling.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: [Lingosu] Workshop on Text Processing -- Social Psychology Style
> 
> In case any Linguistics grad students are interested in seeing how the
> Social Psych folks think about analyzing texts using automated programs. 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Laura
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brittany Shoots-Reinhard <shootsreinhard at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:37 AM
> Subject: Ostrom scholar workshop
> To: listserv <socpsygrad at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> Next Friday, January 13th from 12:30-2:30 we will be having the Ostrom
> workshop.  It will probably be held in LZ 120 (I'll remind you again next
> week with the location verified).  As always, lunch will be from
> Adriatico's.  RSVP by Tuesday, January 10.  Here is a description of what
> we'll be covering:
>  
> Language Analysis Workshop by Jamie Pennebaker.  We are in the midst of a
> language analysis revolution.  For the first time, researchers in
> psychology, history, medicine, and other areas are able to track the
> thinking, emotions, and behaviors of people around the world as it is
> occurring.  The tools for this revolution come from Google, computational
> linguists, psychologists, and other disciplines.  In this workshop, we
> will discuss ways to analyze the words people use in natural
> conversation, open-ended questionnaires, blogs, tweets, emails, books,
> and letters.  Although part of the workshop will focus on the text
> analysis program LIWC, other approaches will also be discussed.
>  
> Jamie has also requested that we include graduate students from other
> areas at the workshop.  We won't have enough space to send out a blanket
> invitation, so if you know of grad students who are specifically
> interested in language analysis, please forward this email to them.
>  
> Happy new year!
> Brittany
> 
> --
> Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, M.A.
> Department of Psychology
> The Ohio State University
> 1835 Neil Avenue
> Columbus, OH 43210
> 
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