Microblog sentiment analysis with weak dependency connections

• Published in: Knowledge-based systems Vol. 142; pp. 170 - 180
• Main Authors: Xiaomei, Zou, Jing, Yang, Jianpei, Zhang, Hongyu, Han
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.02.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Blogs; Community detection; Consistency; Data mining; Dependence; Digital media; Microblog; Microblogs; Sentiment analysis; Social networks; Social relation; Twitter; Virtual communities; Community detection; Sentiment analysis; Twitter; Microblog; Social relation

With the rise of microblogging services like Twitter and Sina Weibo, users are able to post their real-time mood and opinions conveniently and swiftly. At the same time, the ubiquitous social media results in abundant social relations such as following and follower relations. Social relations create...