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OCLC number
1415669137
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
Author
Dalton, Kellie.
Title
The Rise and Fall of the NFT Empire: The Social Phenomenon of Non-fungible Tokens.
Degree
Master of Information -- Dalhousie University, 2023
Publisher
[Halifax, Nova Scotia] : Dalhousie University, 2023
Description
1 online resource
Abstract
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) burst into popular culture in 2021 with the $69 million dollar sale of Beeple's artwork Everydays: The First 500 Days. Since then, this potentially disruptive technology created new digital markets that have been making waves both in incredible successes and steep failures. This paper explores NFTs as a social phenomenon. Using user-generated data from Twitter, I apply frequency tables, sentiment analysis, and community clustering to begin filling in a knowledge gap by mapping who were engaging with NFTs, what topics and discourse these users were discussing, and what sentiments the users possessed about NFTs throughout their discourse.
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Subject
Non-fungible tokens
Social media analysis