Practical and Ethical Considerations in the Effective use of Emotion and Sentiment Lexicons

TL;DR

This paper discusses practical and ethical issues in using emotion and sentiment lexicons, highlighting considerations for researchers and practitioners to ensure responsible and effective application of these resources.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of ethical and practical considerations for using emotion lexicons, including the creation and application of resources like the NRC Emotion Lexicon.

Findings

Highlights ethical concerns in lexicon use

Provides guidelines for responsible application

Discusses challenges in lexicon development

Abstract

Lexicons of word-emotion associations are widely used in research and real-world applications. As part of my research, I have created several such lexicons (e.g., the NRC Emotion Lexicon). This paper outlines some practical and ethical considerations involved in the effective use of these lexical resources.