Measuring the happiness of large-scale written expression: Songs, blogs, and presidents

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-456

  Dodds, Peter Sheridan ^a   Danforth, Christopher M ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Emotion; Happiness; Hedonometer; Measurement; Remote sensing; Song lyrics; State of the Union addresses; Written expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954427835     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-009-9150-9     Document Type: Article

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