Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2020 What tweets and retweets on twitter can tell for the restaurant industry: A big-data approach Xi Wang Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Recommended Citation Wang, Xi, "What tweets and retweets on twitter can tell for the restaurant industry: A big-data approach" (2020). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 17934. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/17934 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. What tweets and retweets on twitter can tell for the restaurant industry: A big-data approach: by Xi Wang A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Hospitality Management Program of Study Committee: Liang (Rebecca) Tang, Major Professor Eric D. Olson Tianshu Zheng Gang Han Chunhui Xiang The student author, whose presentation of the scholarship herein was approved by the program of study committee, is solely responsible for the content of this dissertation. The Graduate College will ensure this dissertation is globally accessible and will not permit alterations after a degree is conferred. Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2020 Copyright © Xi Wang, 2020. All rights reserved. ii DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to the fleet of time.