Investigating the opinions distribution in the controversy on social media

• Published in: Information sciences Vol. 489; pp. 274 - 288
• Main Authors: Qiu, Jiangtao, Lin, Zhangxi, Shuai, Qinghong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.07.2019
• Subjects: Controversy analysis; Emotional social network; Social media; Emotional social network; Social media; Controversy analysis

The research works that investigate controversies on social media seek to answer questions such as the following: Is the topic controversial? What opinions do the users hold? What is the size of each opinion group? Researchers can learn public points of view through the lens of the controversy. Unli...