A qualitative analysis of sarcasm, irony and related #hashtags on Twitter

As the use of automated social media analysis tools surges, concerns over accuracy of analytics have increased. Some tentative evidence suggests that sarcasm alone could account for as much as a 50% drop in accuracy when automatically detecting sentiment. This paper assesses and outlines the prevale...

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Main Authors: Martin Sykora, Suzanne Elayan, Thomas W Jackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-11-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720972735