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Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery  2020, Vol. 4 Issue (1): 1-11    DOI: 10.11925/infotech.2096-3467.2019.0769
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A Survey of Sentiment Analysis on Social Media
Ying Tan1(),Jin Zhang2,Lixin Xia1
1School of Information Management, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
2School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee 53211, United State
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Abstract  

[Objective] This paper investigates recent researches addressing sentiment analysis on social media.[Coverage] 163 papers in total are collected and 91 articles are cited for this review, covering articles subject on social media and sentiment analysis retrieved from Web of Science Core Collection during 2015-2019, and a supplement from citation analysis and browsing.[Methods] Content analysis is used for exploring task, technology, and application of sentiment analysis on social media.[Results] A variety of sentiment analysis tasks are summarized, refine sentiment analysis techniques on social media platforms are clarified, application fields are discussed as well.[Limitations] There is no in-depth analysis of the step and procedure for the sentiment analysis algorithm.[Conclusions] The findings provide an overview of sentiment analysis study, including the state-of-the-art technique, application and challenges on social media platforms.

Key wordsSocial Media      Sentiment Analysis      Sentiment Analysis Task     
Received: 27 June 2019      Published: 14 March 2020
ZTFLH:  TP391.1  
Corresponding Authors: Ying Tan     E-mail: tanying1219@qq.com

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Ying Tan,Jin Zhang,Lixin Xia. A Survey of Sentiment Analysis on Social Media. Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, 2020, 4(1): 1-11.

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