Tracking phantastic objects: A computer algorithmic investigation of narrative evolution in unstructured data sources

Social Networks

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-133

  Tuckett, David ^a,b   Smith, Robert Elliot ^a   Nyman, Rickard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial markets; Narrative; Networks; Phantastic object; Sentiment analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898808132     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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