Values in words: Using language to evaluate and understand personal values

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web and Social Media, ICWSM 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 31-40

  Boyd, Ryan L ^a   Wilson, Steven R ^b   Pennebaker, James W ^a   Kosinski, Michal ^c   Stillwell, David J ^d   Mihalcea, Rada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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