Assessing Electronic Cigarette-Related Tweets for Sentiment and Content Using Supervised Machine Learning.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) continue to be a growing topic among social media users, especially on Twitter. The ability to analyze conversations about e-cigarettes in real-time can provide important insight into trends in the public's knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs surrounding e-cigarettes, and subsequently guide public health interventions.

Authors

  • Heather Cole-Lewis
    ICF International, Rockville, MD, United States.
  • Arun Varghese
  • Amy Sanders
  • Mary Schwarz
  • Jillian Pugatch
  • Erik Augustson