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Kawaii in Tweets: What Emotions Does the Word Describe in Social Media?

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The Japanese word kawaii is a particular word that represents a kind of emotion. It is similar to “pretty” or “cute” in English. However, there is some difference between kawaii and these English words. This study reveals how the word kawaii is used in message exchanges over social networking services (SNS) and in what context it is used. The experiment compared two sets of tweets: one set with the word kawaii and the other without it. Also, it compared several sets of words within five predetermined emotional categories. The experiment revealed that there was a marked difference between the two groups, especially in the context of expressing the emotions of “enjoy, ” “happy,” and “like.”

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  1. Faculty of Global Informatics, Chuo University, 1-18 Ichigaya-Tamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8478, Japan

    Jun Iio

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  1. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Information Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

    Leonard Barolli

  2. Division of Computer Science and Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Science and Technology, Oita University, Oita, Japan

    Hiroaki Nishino

  3. Faculty of Business Administration, Rissho University, Tokyo, Japan

    Tomoya Enokido

  4. Department of Advanced Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

    Makoto Takizawa

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Iio, J. (2020). Kawaii in Tweets: What Emotions Does the Word Describe in Social Media?. In: Barolli, L., Nishino, H., Enokido, T., Takizawa, M. (eds) Advances in Networked-based Information Systems. NBiS - 2019 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1036. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29029-0_71

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