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Sentiment Analysis in Digital Spaces: An Overview of Reviews

Oct 30, 2023
Laura E. M. Ayravainen, Joanne Hinds, Brittany I. Davidson

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Sentiment analysis (SA) is commonly applied to digital textual data, revealing insight into opinions and feelings. Many systematic reviews have summarized existing work, but often overlook discussions of validity and scientific practices. Here, we present an overview of reviews, synthesizing 38 systematic reviews, containing 2,275 primary studies. We devise a bespoke quality assessment framework designed to assess the rigor and quality of systematic review methodologies and reporting standards. Our findings show diverse applications and methods, limited reporting rigor, and challenges over time. We discuss how future research and practitioners can address these issues and highlight their importance across numerous applications.

* 44 pages, 4 figures, 6 tables, 3 appendices 
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