TY - GEN
T1 - The emotional world of health online communities
AU - Yu, Bei
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This article presents a preliminary study on the emotional world of health online communities. Using sentiment analysis and natural language processing techniques, this study aims to (1) examine the strength of various kinds of emotions (positivity, optimism, negativity, anxiety, anger, and sadness) in online health forum discussions, and (2) compare the emotional status and expression of forum participants under different roles, such as askers and answerers, men and women, and caregivers and patients. This study is expected to improve the understanding of the emotional communication in online health communities.
AB - This article presents a preliminary study on the emotional world of health online communities. Using sentiment analysis and natural language processing techniques, this study aims to (1) examine the strength of various kinds of emotions (positivity, optimism, negativity, anxiety, anger, and sadness) in online health forum discussions, and (2) compare the emotional status and expression of forum participants under different roles, such as askers and answerers, men and women, and caregivers and patients. This study is expected to improve the understanding of the emotional communication in online health communities.
KW - Emotion
KW - Health
KW - Patient online community
KW - Sentiment analysis
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U2 - 10.1145/1940761.1940914
DO - 10.1145/1940761.1940914
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952603206
SN - 9781450301213
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 806
EP - 807
BT - Proceedings of the 2011 iConference
T2 - 6th Annual Conference on 2011 iConference: Inspiration, Integrity, and Intrepidity, iConference 2011
Y2 - 8 February 2011 through 11 February 2011
ER -