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Multidimensional sentiment calculation method for Twitter based on emoticons

Yuki Yamamoto (Konan University, Kobe, Japan)
Tadahiko Kumamoto (Department of Information and Network Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Japan)
Akiyo Nadamoto (Konan University, Kobe, Japan)

International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications

ISSN: 1742-7371

Article publication date: 1 June 2015

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to propose a method of calculating the sentiment value of a tweet based on the emoticon role.

Design/methodology/approach

Classification of emoticon roles as four types showing “emphasis”, “assuagement”, “conversion” and “addition”, with roles determined based on the respective relations to sentiment of sentences and emoticons.

Findings

Clustering of users of four types based on emoticon sentiment.

Originality/value

Formalization, using regression analysis, of the relation of sentiment between sentences and emoticons in all roles.

Keywords

Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by Research Institute of Konan University, and by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24500134 and 26330347.

Citation

Yamamoto, Y., Kumamoto, T. and Nadamoto, A. (2015), "Multidimensional sentiment calculation method for Twitter based on emoticons", International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 212-232. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPCC-03-2015-0019

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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