An emotional step towards automated trust detection in crisis social media

Shane E. Halse, Andrea Tapia, Anna Squicciarini, Cornelia Caragea

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Abstract

To this date, research on crisis informatics has focused on the detection of trust in Twitter data through the use of message structure, sentiment, propagation and author. Little research has examined the effects of perceived emotion of these messages in the crisis response domain. Toward detecting useful messages in case of crisis, we examine perceived emotions of these messages and how the different emotions affect the perceived usefulness and trustworthiness. Our analysis is carried out on two datasets gathered from Twitter concerning hurricane Sandy in 2012 and the Boston Bombing 2013. The results indicate that there is a significant difference in the perceived emotions that contribute towards the perceived trustworthiness and usefulness. This could have impacts on how messages from social media data are analyzed for use in crisis response.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISCRAM 2016 Conference Proceedings - 13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
EditorsVictor Amadeo Banuls Silvera, Andrea H. Tapia, Pedro Antunes, Joao Porto de Albuquerque, Kathleen Ann Moore
PublisherInformation Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
ISBN (Electronic)9788460879848
StatePublished - 2016
Event13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: May 22 2016May 25 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International ISCRAM Conference
Volume0
ISSN (Electronic)2411-3387

Other

Other13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2016
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period5/22/165/25/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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