Sentiment Analysis using Dictionary-Based Lexicon Approach: Analysis on the Opinion of Indian Community for the Topic of Cryptocurrency

Abstract

Due to the ever-increasing computing power and easy availability, social-networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter, etc. have become a popular medium to express one’s views instantly, be it about political situations, commercial products, or social occurrences. Twitter is a powerful source of information, whose data can be utilized to investigate the opinions of users through a process called Opinion Mining or Sentiment Analysis. Using the principles of Natural Language Processing and data science, this paper presents a comparative evaluation of multiple lexicon-based sentiment analysis algorithms to extract public opinion from tweets. The study explores the nuances of sentiment analysis using data science methodology, assessing how various lexicon-based algorithms may successfully identify and classify sentiments expressed in tweets from the Indian community about cryptocurrency.