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Proceedings of the 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems, Volume 35

The reception of holidays in social networks: A case study on Twitter

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2023F6718

Citation: Proceedings of the 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems, M. Ganzha, L. Maciaszek, M. Paprzycki, D. Ślęzak (eds). ACSIS, Vol. 35, pages 513–522 ()

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Abstract. This study aims to push the boundaries of research in practical theology by applying methods from computational social science to identify the reception of holidays in online social networks in German tweets. Can we identify how people talk about holidays and especially Christian holidays on Twitter? As a subquestion, we try to find relevant information for interreligious topics, especially between Christians and Jews: Can we see how Christian holidays are related to or embedded in their Jewish counterparts? Is there an awareness of the Jewish roots of certain Christian holidays? While there is a growing awareness of these issues, there are still a number of unanswered questions. In addition to analysing and discussing these questions, we will also discuss methodological issues. First, we will discuss how computational methods fit in with common research in practical theology. Secondly, we will discuss the challenges of working with digital data beyond quantitative and qualitative research.

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