Editorial introduction: The power of words and networks |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Perugia, Department of Engineering, Via G. Duranti, 93, 06125, Perugia, Italy;2. MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, 245 First Street, 02142, Cambridge, MA, USA;3. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Enterprise Engineering, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy;1. Room 1103, Bldg 24, ANU College of Business and Economics, Copland Building 24, The Australian National University, ACT, 2601, Australia;2. Dean, College of Business, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, Khalifa City, FF1-2-051, United Arab Emirates;3. Chair of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, College of Business, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, Khalifa City, FF1-2-049, United Arab Emirates;1. Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado, Campus Liberdade - Avenida da Liberdade, 532 - Liberdade, São Paulo - S.P., 01502-001, Brazil;2. Montpellier Business School, 2300, Avenue Des Moulins, Montpellier – Cédex 4, 34185, France;1. IS&A Area, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India;2. CEO & Commissioner, e-Governance, Government of Tamil Nadu, India;1. Department of Convergence IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea;3. Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea;1. College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 85 Hoegiro, Dongdaemoongu, Seoul, 02455, Republic of Korea;2. School of Industrial Management, Korea University of Technology and Education (KoreaTech), 1600, Chungjeol-ro, Byeongcheon-myeon, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, 31253, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | According to Freud “words were originally magic and to this day words have retained much of their ancient magical power”. By words, behaviors are transformed and problems are solved. The way we use words reveals our intentions, goals and values. Novel tools for text analysis help understand the magical power of words. This power is multiplied, if it is combined with the study of social networks, i.e. with the analysis of relationships among social units. This special issue of the International Journal of Information Management, entitled “Combining Social Network Analysis and Text Mining: from Theory to Practice”, includes heterogeneous and innovative research at the nexus of text mining and social network analysis. It aims to enrich work at the intersection of these fields, which still lags behind in theoretical, empirical, and methodological foundations. The nine articles accepted for inclusion in this special issue all present methods and tools that have business applications. They are summarized in this editorial introduction. |
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| Keywords: | Social network analysis Text mining Discourse analysis Big data Business research |
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