| Challenge: | lexical features outperform syntactic features in expressing control in social media . authors communicate internal locus of control when they ascribe control to themselves . |
| Approach: | They examine the role of syntax and semantics in expressing users’ sense of control in annotated Facebook posts. |
| Outcome: | The proposed language outperforms syntactic features in identifying whether or not a user is in control of their circumstances. |
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