Implementation of a facebook crawler for opinion monitoring and trend analysis purposes: a case study of government service delivery in Dwesa

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dc.contributor.advisorMoroosi, Nyallengen
dc.contributor.advisorThinyane, Mamelloen
dc.contributor.authorMfenyana, Sinesihle Ignetiousen
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-13T00:07:25Z
dc.date.available2026-08-13T00:07:25Z
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.description.abstractThe Internet has shifted from the Web 1.0 era to the Web 2.0 era. In the contemporary era of web 2.0, the Internet is being used to build and reflect social relationships among people who share similar interests and activities. This is done through services such as Social Networking Sites (Facebook, Twitter etc.) and the web blogs. Currently, there is a very high usage of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) and blogs where people share their views, opinions, and thoughts. This leads to the production of a lot of data by people who post such content on SNSs. As a result, SNSs and blogs become the ideal platforms for opinion monitoring and the trend analysis. These SNSs and Blogs could be used by service providers for tracking what the public thinks or requires. The reason being, having such knowledge can help in decision making and future planning. If service providers can keep track of such views, opinions or thoughts with regard to the services they provide, they can better their understanding about the public or clients’ needs and improve the provision of relevant services. This research project presents a system prototype for performing opinion monitoring and trend analysis on Facebook. The proposed system crawl Facebook, indexes the data and provides user interface (UI) where end users can search and see the trending of a topics of their choice. The system prototype could also be used to check the trending topics without having to search. The main objective of this research project was to develop a framework that will contribute in improving the way government officials, companies or any service providers and normal citizens communicate regarding services they provide. This research project is premised on the conceptualization that if the government officials, companies or any service providers can keep track of the citizen’s opinions, views and thoughts with regards to services they provide it can help improve the delivery of such services. This research and the implementation of the trend analysis tool is undertaken in the context of the Siyakhula Living Lab (SLL), an Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD) intervention for Dwesa marginalized community.en
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dc.identifier.citationMfenyana, Sinesihle Ignetious. 2014en
dc.identifier.othervital:11394en
dc.identifier.otherhttp://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1016067en
dc.identifier.otherOnline social networks -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.identifier.otherSocial media -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.identifier.otherInternet -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.identifier.otherWeb-based user interfaces -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.identifier.otherUser interfaces (Computer systems) -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/4627
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.publisherFaculty of Science & Agricultureen
dc.rightsUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.subjectOnline social networks -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.subjectSocial media -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.subjectInternet -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.subjectWeb-based user interfaces -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.subjectUser interfaces (Computer systems) -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen
dc.titleImplementation of a facebook crawler for opinion monitoring and trend analysis purposes: a case study of government service delivery in Dwesaen
dc.title.alternativeImplementation of a facebook crawler for opinion monitoring and trend analysis purposes: a case study of government service delivery in Dwesaen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.typeMastersen
dc.typeMSc (Computer Science)en

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