TV program detection in tweets
Paolo Cremonesi, Roberto Pagano, Stefano Pasquali, Roberto Turrin · 2013
Posting comments on social networks using second screen devices (e.g., tablets) while watching TV is becoming very common. The simplicity of microblogs makes Twitter among the preferred social services used by the TV audience to share messages about TV shows and movies. Thus, users' comments about TV shows are considered a valuable indicator of the TV audience preferences. However, eliciting preferences from a tweet requires to understand if the tweet refers to a specific TV program, a task particularly challenging due to the nature of tweets - e.g., the limited length and the massive use of slangs and abbreviations.