Social Sentiment

What emerges when big data analytics meets social media …

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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = […]

Robot pods and 'sentiment mapping': the future of commuting | UK …

A robot transport pod in Abu Dhabi. Similar vehicles are coming to Milton Keynes next year. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFuming in a traffic jam? Stuck on a stationary train outside the station? Standing waiting for the bus that was due to arrive 30 minutes ago? Soon you could get the chance to share your frustration – with the help […]

Smile for the Camera: New Data Shows People Are Four Times …

Text Posts Alone Are Seven Times More Likely to Show Negative Sentiment than PicturesSAN FRANCISCO – June 5, 2014 – Chute, a visual-marketing company, which helps brands discover and publish consumer photos and videos, has released results from a study showing how consumer sentiment differs by social media format. The study, which examined almost 6,000 posts and tweets about 30 leading […]

[1406.0032] Comparing and Combining Sentiment Analysis Methods

Computer Science > Computation and Language
Title:
Comparing and Combining Sentiment Analysis MethodsAuthors:Pollyanna Gonçalves,
Matheus Araújo,
Fabrício Benevenuto,
Meeyoung Cha(Submitted on 30 May 2014)
Abstract: Several messages express opinions about events, products, and services,
political views or even their author’s emotional state and mood. Sentiment
analysis has been used in several applications including analysis of the
repercussions of events in social networks, analysis of opinions about […]

Sentiment Analysis and Sarcasm | Social Media Today

In my work helping clients manage the risks of social media, Twitter hashtag-hijacking often comes up in conversation. A spectacular example is UKIP’s recent use of the hashtag #WhyImVotingUKIP as a way of letting their supporters explain the reasons behind their vote.Unfortunately for UKIP, the hashtag was hijacked and was used by many as a way of poking fun at […]

Can Sentiment Analysis Spot Sarcasm? – Social Media Today

In my work helping clients manage the risks of social media, Twitter hashtag-hijacking often comes up in conversation. A spectacular example is UKIP’s recent use of the hashtag #WhyImVotingUKIP as a way of letting their supporters explain the reasons behind their vote.Unfortunately for UKIP, the hashtag was hijacked and was used by many as a way of poking fun at […]

Converging Social Media With Capital Markets – CXOtoday.com

Capital Markets have always been on the forefront of adoption of new technology. Effective technology deployment in this industry has a direct impact on the bottom line of the organizations. Whether it is technology deployment for coming up with low latency applications where the trade is executed in less than a millisecond or an intelligent analytical model which is used […]

Big Data, Socio-Psychological Theory, Algorithmic Text Analysis and …

Big Data, Socio-Psychological Theory, Algorithmic Text Analysis and Predicting the Michigan Consumer Sentiment IndexIn Uncategorized on May 27, 2014 at 5:45 pm by Jorge LouçãSee on Scoop.it – Non-Equilibrium Social ScienceWe describe an exercise of using Big Data to predict the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, a widely used indicator of the state of confidence in the US economy. We carry […]

Social media is not a substitute for on-ground market sentiment …

Years ago, when I was working on a MNC account, the MD of the Indian operations (a Canadian) asked why his ads (for an FMCG brand) were not shown on sports channels during telecast of golf tournaments. When I told him that the numbers didn’t warrant it, he said, ‘but all my friends watch golf’. That’s the trouble with hanging […]