Exploring Emotions in Social Media

Cecile Paris, Helen Christensen, Philip Batterham, Bridianne O'Dea

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    Abstract

    We have seen an explosion of communication on social media in the past few years. In particular, people use Twitter to share information and experiences, express their opinions, and say how they feel. This wealth of data of how people feel and experience various events can provide valuable information to support mental health research. In this paper, we show how we can explore the emotional state of a population by mining the vast amount of available public social media data in real time. The We Feel system is able to capture and process up to 45,000 tweets per minute, and show their emotional content live in an interactive visualisation. The data can be used to explore how people respond to certain events and support mental health research.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 IEEE Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing, CIC 2015
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages54-61
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Electronic)9781509000890
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2016
    Event1st IEEE International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing, CIC 2015 - Hangzhou, China
    Duration: 28 Oct 201530 Oct 2015

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - 2015 IEEE Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing, CIC 2015

    Conference

    Conference1st IEEE International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing, CIC 2015
    Country/TerritoryChina
    CityHangzhou
    Period28/10/1530/10/15

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