Employing sentiment analysis for gauging perceptions of minorities in multicultural societies: An analysis of Twitter feeds on the Afrikaner community of Orania in South Africa

South Africa is well known as a country characterised by racial and ethnic divisions, particularly for the divisions and conflicts between the white population and black population. This study uses the Twitter platform to analyse the discourse around the controversial town of Orania, a minority Afri...

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Main Authors: Eduan Kotzé, Burgert Senekal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2018-11-01
Series:The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
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Online Access:https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/564