Catherine H van Zuylen
How does that make you feel? Social sen6ment analy6cs in 2012
A1ensity is in the business of making social media truly accessible and useful for the enterprise.
We process millions of social media and other communica>ons every day, including the full Twi1er firehose, Facebook, thousands of blogs, forums, and review sites, along with surveys, CRM records, etc.
Who the heck are you? ;-‐)
This growth in social media has led to renewed interest in sen:ment
§ News and opinions about everything… § Products – phones, cars, food… § Services – cable companies, telcos…
§ Popular culture (TV, film, music)
§ Poli:cs § Everyone is trying to use social to predict (or explain) outcomes – and “sen:ment” plays a big role in this
“Sen:ment Analysis” used to be simple
I love my iPhone.
I hate brussels sprouts.
But :mes have changed
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Rela:ve Sen:ment
My car died.
I bought an iPhone.
Some:mes nega:ve sen:ment isn’t bad
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Posi:ve feelings about actors might not be about their ac:ng
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Remember when “Document-‐Based” Sen:ment Was the Standard?
Compound Sen:ment is the New Reality
Ambiguity and new uses for “nega:ve” words
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<-‐ “Hate” ends up being posi6ve about the singer
“holy crap” vs “this is crap” -‐>
<-‐ “amazing as f***”
Small change in voice = Big change in meaning
Are you angry about the way Comcast treated you? (Ques>on)
I think you should be really mad about this. (Sugges>on)
If someone doesn't call me back, I'm going to be really angry. (Condi>onal)
I was really mad at them, but then they offered me a refund. (Past)
I’m not angry with them; I just want them to help me. (Nega>on)
I am really really angry about this. (Augment)
I’m mad at them AGAIN because they keep messing up. (Recur)
Sen:ment Scoring
I LIKE THAT(+1)
I LOVE THAT (+3)
I HATE THAT (-‐3)
Sen:ment Scoring
I REALLY LIKE THAT (+2)
I KINDA LOVE THAT (??)
Emo:cons as Sen:ment and Modifiers
Bought an iPhone today :-‐D
I just love Comcast ;-‐)
Seems Easy But…
(^_^)
(;_;)
It’s the LiVle Differences
It’s the LiVle Differences
Japanese tend to use emo:cons with expressive eyes and a neutral mouth ^_^ while
Americans do the opposite :)
Americans o\en badly misinterpret the meaning assigned to popular emo:cons from
Japanese culture
And accuracy is more and more important.
Why?
Rou:ng applica:ons
Someone ha>ng you needs to go to your contact center Someone ha>ng your compe>tor might be a sales lead
Forecas:ng markets
Amalgamood
Forecas:ng elec:ons major and minor
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In Summary
§ Think about what your goals are § Make sure your team agrees on what “sen:ment analysis” is… or agrees to disagree
§ What are you going to do with the data?
§ How deep do you need to go? § How accurate do you need to be?
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THANK YOU
CATHERINE VAN ZUYLEN [email protected] @CATEVZ