Public Perception of Autonomous Mobility Using ML-Based Sentiment Analysis over Social Media Data

The purpose of this article is to present a framework for capturing and analyzing social media posts using a sentiment analysis tool to determine the views of the general public towards autonomous mobility. The paper presents the systems used and the results of this analysis, which was performed on...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos Bakalos, Nikolaos Papadakis, Antonios Litke
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Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6290/4/2/12
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description The purpose of this article is to present a framework for capturing and analyzing social media posts using a sentiment analysis tool to determine the views of the general public towards autonomous mobility. The paper presents the systems used and the results of this analysis, which was performed on social media posts from Twitter and Reddit. To achieve this, a specialized lexicon of terms was used to query social media content from the dedicated application programming interfaces (APIs) that the aforementioned social media platforms provide. The captured posts were then analyzed using a sentiment analysis framework, developed using state-of-the-art deep machine learning (ML) models. This framework provides labeling for the captured posts based on their content (i.e., classifies them as positive or negative opinions). The results of this classification were used to identify fears and autonomous mobility aspects that affect negative opinions. This method can provide a more realistic view of the general public’s perception of automated mobility, as it has the ability to analyze thousands of opinions and encapsulate the users’ opinion in a semi-automated way.
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spelling doaj-art-8a1fc06ca29a4a4da354f74cb20b903e2025-08-20T03:35:23ZengMDPI AGLogistics2305-62902020-06-01421210.3390/logistics4020012Public Perception of Autonomous Mobility Using ML-Based Sentiment Analysis over Social Media DataNikolaos Bakalos0Nikolaos Papadakis1Antonios Litke2Survey Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus 9, Iroon Polytechniou str, Zografou, 15780 Athens, GreeceResearch and Innovation, Infili Technologies PC, 60 Kousidi st, 15772 Athens, GreeceResearch and Innovation, Infili Technologies PC, 60 Kousidi st, 15772 Athens, GreeceThe purpose of this article is to present a framework for capturing and analyzing social media posts using a sentiment analysis tool to determine the views of the general public towards autonomous mobility. The paper presents the systems used and the results of this analysis, which was performed on social media posts from Twitter and Reddit. To achieve this, a specialized lexicon of terms was used to query social media content from the dedicated application programming interfaces (APIs) that the aforementioned social media platforms provide. The captured posts were then analyzed using a sentiment analysis framework, developed using state-of-the-art deep machine learning (ML) models. This framework provides labeling for the captured posts based on their content (i.e., classifies them as positive or negative opinions). The results of this classification were used to identify fears and autonomous mobility aspects that affect negative opinions. This method can provide a more realistic view of the general public’s perception of automated mobility, as it has the ability to analyze thousands of opinions and encapsulate the users’ opinion in a semi-automated way.https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6290/4/2/12sentiment analysisacceptance of autonomous mobilitymachine learningsocial media mining
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Logistics
sentiment analysis
acceptance of autonomous mobility
machine learning
social media mining
title Public Perception of Autonomous Mobility Using ML-Based Sentiment Analysis over Social Media Data
title_full Public Perception of Autonomous Mobility Using ML-Based Sentiment Analysis over Social Media Data
title_fullStr Public Perception of Autonomous Mobility Using ML-Based Sentiment Analysis over Social Media Data
title_full_unstemmed Public Perception of Autonomous Mobility Using ML-Based Sentiment Analysis over Social Media Data
title_short Public Perception of Autonomous Mobility Using ML-Based Sentiment Analysis over Social Media Data
title_sort public perception of autonomous mobility using ml based sentiment analysis over social media data
topic sentiment analysis
acceptance of autonomous mobility
machine learning
social media mining
url https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6290/4/2/12
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