Multidimensional sentiment calculation method for Twitter based on emoticons Available to Purchase

– The purpose of this paper is to propose a method of calculating the sentiment value of a tweet based on the emoticon role.

– Classification of emoticon roles as four types showing “emphasis”, “assuagement”, “conversion” and “addition”, with roles determined based on the respective relations to sentiment of sentences and emoticons.

– Clustering of users of four types based on emoticon sentiment.

– Formalization, using regression analysis, of the relation of sentiment between sentences and emoticons in all roles.