Using Social Media to Assess Expressions of Gratitude to God: Issues for Consideration

Using Social Media to Assess Expressions of Gratitude to God: Issues for Consideration

With the proliferation of technology-based communication, public expressions of gratitude to God on social media have become more pervasive. At the same time, data science approaches are increasingly being applied to social media language data to assess positive human attributes. We elucidate critic...

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Main Authors: Louis Tay, Stuti Thapa, David B. Newman, Munmun De Choudhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
gratitude expressions
public gratitude
social media
data science
machine learning
challenges
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/9/778
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Summary:With the proliferation of technology-based communication, public expressions of gratitude to God on social media have become more pervasive. At the same time, data science approaches are increasingly being applied to social media language data to assess positive human attributes. We elucidate critical considerations in assessing public expressions of gratitude to God, including language variability and comparability, degree of authenticity, machine learning language analysis, and aggregation approaches that could affect assessment accuracy.
ISSN:2077-1444

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