Maite Taboada
@mtaboada.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor of Linguistics @SFU. Discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, NLP, sentiment analysis, social media language, language of misinformation. she/her
The article: doi.org/10.1007/s001...
Conflicting feelings: sociological and computational sentiment in workplace sentiment surveillance - AI & SOCIETY
Large employers are increasingly turning to sentiment analysis technologies as a form of corporate worker surveillance. Previous work has identified numerous problems with this trend, arguing that the...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The article: doi.org/10.1007/s001...
This was a group effort with colleagues at SFU's @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This was a group effort with colleagues at SFU's @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social
And yet, we see sentiment analysis everywhere. In this paper, we analyze the rhetoric of one particular company using sentiment analysis to gauge the employee happiness. You can imagine how that's going to go wrong. Bossware at its worst.
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
And yet, we see sentiment analysis everywhere. In this paper, we analyze the rhetoric of one particular company using sentiment analysis to gauge the employee happiness. You can imagine how that's going to go wrong. Bossware at its worst.
I have done research on sentiment analysis for years, trying to explain how it needs linguistically-informed methods. How you can't just "do sentiment analysis". How you can't just aggregate values and claim insight.
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I have done research on sentiment analysis for years, trying to explain how it needs linguistically-informed methods. How you can't just "do sentiment analysis". How you can't just aggregate values and claim insight.
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And we’re also thrilled to announce that the next RaAM Conference will be held in Pamplona, Spain! Save the dates!
August 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And we’re also thrilled to announce that the next RaAM Conference will be held in Pamplona, Spain! Save the dates!
Oh, wow, Laura and Carmen! Two such lovely people. Say hi!
June 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Oh, wow, Laura and Carmen! Two such lovely people. Say hi!
E.g., here they are compared to other spoken registers. The mean factor scores are similar, but the spread for podcasts (purple box) is huge.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
E.g., here they are compared to other spoken registers. The mean factor scores are similar, but the spread for podcasts (purple box) is huge.
We show that podcasts are an emerging register of computer mediated communication, with lots of internal variability.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We show that podcasts are an emerging register of computer mediated communication, with lots of internal variability.
Jussi Karlgren, then at Spotify, gave us the idea of working on podcasts and was kind enough to zoom in to our class to give us background on their dataset.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Jussi Karlgren, then at Spotify, gave us the idea of working on podcasts and was kind enough to zoom in to our class to give us background on their dataset.
The funny bit of background is that we also brainstormed on that other social media site, appealing to the community of discourse experts to help us come up with interesting data to analyze.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The funny bit of background is that we also brainstormed on that other social media site, appealing to the community of discourse experts to help us come up with interesting data to analyze.
The paper started at a graduate seminar in Fall 2022. All the students in the class collaborated to brainstorm research ideas, collect data, think of methodologies, run analyses, & write up the results. Katharina Ehret, our resident MDA expert, joined later to help us run more analyses.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The paper started at a graduate seminar in Fall 2022. All the students in the class collaborated to brainstorm research ideas, collect data, think of methodologies, run analyses, & write up the results. Katharina Ehret, our resident MDA expert, joined later to help us run more analyses.
You're welcome! GeMeCo (the Spanish language dashboard) has some IP restrictions because of potential DoS attacks.
the ups and downs are sometimes temporary. The trend line is at about 30%
the ups and downs are sometimes temporary. The trend line is at about 30%
May 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You're welcome! GeMeCo (the Spanish language dashboard) has some IP restrictions because of potential DoS attacks.
the ups and downs are sometimes temporary. The trend line is at about 30%
the ups and downs are sometimes temporary. The trend line is at about 30%