Emotional Analysis of Blogs and Forums Data

• Authors: P. Weroński , J. Sienkiewicz , G. Paltoglou , K. Buckley , M. Thelwall , J. Hołyst
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We perform a statistical analysis of emotionally annotated comments in two large online datasets, examining chains of consecutive posts in the discussions. Using comparisons with randomised data we show that there is a high level of correlation for the emotional content of messages.

Keywords

EN

02.50.-r; 07.05.Hd; 89.20.Hh; 89.70.Cf

Discipline

• 89.70.Cf: Entropy and other measures of information
• 07.05.Hd: Data acquisition: hardware and software
• 02.50.-r: Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics(see also section 05 Statistical physics, thermodynamics, and nonlinear dynamical systems)
• 89.20.Hh: World Wide Web, Internet

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 121
• Issue: 2B
• Pages: B-128-B-132

Dates

published

2012-02

Contributors

author

P. Weroński

• Faculty of Physics, Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, PL-00-662 Warsaw, Poland.

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J. Sienkiewicz

• Faculty of Physics, Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, PL-00-662 Warsaw, Poland.

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G. Paltoglou

• Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, WV1 1LY Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

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K. Buckley

• Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, WV1 1LY Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

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M. Thelwall

• Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, WV1 1LY Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

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J. Hołyst

• Faculty of Physics, Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, PL-00-662 Warsaw, Poland.

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.121.B-128