1. DETECTING OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE IN SOCIAL MEDIAS FOR PROTECTION OF ADOLESCENT ONLINE SAFETY Open Access Author: Chen, Ying Title: DETECTING OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE IN SOCIAL MEDIAS FOR PROTECTION OF ADOLESCENT ONLINE SAFETY Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: offensive languagechildren online safetysocial media File: Download Ying_Chen_Master_Thesis_Dec_2011_3.pdf Committee Members: Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorHeng Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor