SocialMood: A visualization tool to measure the mood of students in social networks

Resumo

Based on the arena of social networks (SN), this study, through of a visualization tool aims to identify trends mood among undergraduate students. Combining the methodology Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), which originated in the field of Psychology, the system filters the content provided on the Web and isolates certain words, establishing a range of values as perceived positive, negative or neutral. A data base summarizing the results, assisting in the construction and visualization of behavioral profiles generic, so we have a guideline for the visualization of information about SN through information visualization (IV) tool.