Saturday, June 14, 2014

Swiss researchers study WhatsApp messages...

Researchers at the universities of Zurich, Bern and Neuchâtel are aiming to compare the language patterns of WhatsApp messages with SMS, after similar research was carried out on text messages five years ago.

The project will investigate how different languages and dialects are used in WhatsApp messages, how users interact with each other and the linguistic differences between SMS and WhatsApp messages.

Any Swiss resident can donate their messages to the project between now and July 13th. Messages may be in English, German, French, Italian or Romansh.

Everyone who successfully submits their WhatsApp messages according to the criteria will be entered into a prize draw, with some 60 prizes up for grabs.

 Since 1 June over 200 people have donated their conversations. The researchers hope to receive data from at least 2,000 users by the deadline. Full story...

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