Naslov
Sentiment Analysis of President Trump’s Tweets: From Winning the Election to the Fight against COVID-19

Autori
Kampić, Mihael ; Bagić Babac, Marina

Izvornik
Communication management review (2459-590X) 6 (2021), 2; 90-111

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
social media ; sentiment analysis ; sentiment lexicon ; President Trump ; Twitter ; tweets

Sažetak
Twitter, as one of the popular social networks today and big data generator, can affect and change the public discourse, so political candidates are using it extensively as the vehicle for attracting and keeping their followers. Since Donald Trump's 2016 presidency election, his Twitter account with millions of followers has become an important subject for various statistical analyses, mostly because of his controversy. Therefore, this paper uses sentiment analysis of a large set of his tweets to explore his influence, as well the set of affective and cognitive aspects of his messages. The results of this analysis indicate what kind of findings in political domain can be recognized from tweets, and how they can be interpreted.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Računarstvo, Sociologija, Psihologija

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