Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts by ALex Wright, New York Times, (Aug 23)
Sentiment analysis - the new buzz word for a type of research - and it's growing thanks to all the sentiment and opinion to be found in blogs and tweets and other social media.
"The rise of blogs and social networks has fueled a bull market in personal opinion: reviews, ratings, recommendations and other forms of online expression. For computer scientists, this fast-growing mountain of data is opening a tantalizing window onto the collective consciousness of Internet users."
Posted by Gwen at September 4, 2009 02:02 AM