Public opinion sensing and trend analysis on social media: A study on nuclear power on twitter

International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 373-384

  Kim, Dong Sung ^a   Kim, Jong Woo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nuclear power; Public opinion mining; Sentiment analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; NUCLEAR ENERGY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTERS; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; MARKETING TOOLS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POTENTIAL RISKS; PUBLIC OPINIONS; RADIATION LEAKAGES; SENTIMENT ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84914154443     PISSN: 19750080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14257/ijmue.2014.9.11.36     Document Type: Article

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