Text Sentiment in the Age of Enlightenment

Philipp Koncar; Denis Helic

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-36683-4_29

Text Sentiment in the Age of Enlightenment

Philipp Koncar, Denis Helic

Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science (7060)

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Abstract

Spectator journals published during the Age of Enlightenment served to enhance morality of readers and focused on a plethora of topics, such as the image of women or men, politics and religion. Although spectator journals have been studied extensively, little is known about the sentiment that they express. In this paper, we analyze text sentiment of spectator journals published in four different languages during a time period of over one hundred years. For that, we conduct (i) a sentiment analysis and (ii) analyze sentiment networks, for which we compute and investigate various network metrics, such as degree distributions and clustering coefficients. Additionally, we study the commonalities and differences between negative and positive words according to the respective metrics. Our results depict a high variability in positive and negative word usage and their linking patterns and extend our knowledge of spectator journals published during the Age of Enlightenment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019
Editors	H. Cherifi , S. Gaito , J. Mendes , E. Moro, L. Rocha
Publisher	Springer
Pages	350-362
Number of pages	12
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36683-4_29
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2019
Event	8th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 10 Dec 2019 → 12 Dec 2019

Publication series

Name	Studies in Computational Intelligence
Volume	882

Conference

Conference	8th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications
Abbreviated title	COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	10/12/19 → 12/12/19

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DiSpecs - Distant Spectators: Distant Reading for periodicals of the Enlightenmen
Helic, D.
1/06/19 → 30/11/20
Project: Research project

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Koncar, P., & Helic, D. (2019). Text Sentiment in the Age of Enlightenment. In H. Cherifi , S. Gaito , J. Mendes , E. Moro, & L. Rocha (Eds.), Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019 (Vol. 2, pp. 350-362). (Studies in Computational Intelligence; Vol. 882). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36683-4_29

Text Sentiment in the Age of Enlightenment. / Koncar, Philipp; Helic, Denis.
Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019. ed. / H. Cherifi ; S. Gaito ; J. Mendes ; E. Moro; L. Rocha . Vol. 2 Springer, 2019. p. 350-362 (Studies in Computational Intelligence; Vol. 882).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Koncar, P & Helic, D 2019, Text Sentiment in the Age of Enlightenment. in H Cherifi , S Gaito , J Mendes , E Moro & L Rocha (eds), Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019. vol. 2, Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol. 882, Springer, pp. 350-362, 8th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications, Lisbon, Portugal, 10/12/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36683-4_29

Koncar P, Helic D. Text Sentiment in the Age of Enlightenment. In Cherifi H, Gaito S, Mendes J, Moro E, Rocha L, editors, Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019. Vol. 2. Springer. 2019. p. 350-362. (Studies in Computational Intelligence). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-36683-4_29

Koncar, Philipp ; Helic, Denis. / Text Sentiment in the Age of Enlightenment. Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019. editor / H. Cherifi ; S. Gaito ; J. Mendes ; E. Moro ; L. Rocha . Vol. 2 Springer, 2019. pp. 350-362 (Studies in Computational Intelligence).

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