Emotional Analysis of Blogs and Forums Data
P. Weroński a, J. Sienkiewicz a, G. Paltoglou b, K. Buckley b, M. Thelwall b and J.A. Hołysta
a Faculty of Physics, Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, PL-00-662 Warsaw, Poland.,
b Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, WV1 1LY Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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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.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.121.B-128
PACS numbers: 02.50.-r, 07.05.Hd, 89.20.Hh, 89.70.Cf