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In this lecture, we have
seen a particular application

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of sentiment
analysis on Twitter.

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However, the area of sentiment
analysis is much broader.

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Over 7,000 research articles
have been written on the topic.

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Hundreds of start-ups are
developing sentiment analysis

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solutions.

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Many websites perform
real-time analysis of tweets.

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For example,
"tweetfeel" shows trends

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given any term, and
"The Stock Sonar"

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shows sentiment
and stock prices.

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Let's talk about text
analytics a bit more generally.

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Sentiment analysis is a
particular application

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of text analytics.

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In general, the critical
aspect of text analytics

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is to select the
specific features that

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are relevant in a
particular application.

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In addition, it's important to
apply specific knowledge that

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often leads to better results.

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For example, using the meaning
of the symbols or include

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features like the
number of words.

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Let's finally discuss
the analytics edge

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that we have seen
in this lecture.

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Analytical sentiment
analysis we have seen

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can replace more labor-intensive
methods like polling.

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Text analytics can also deal
with the massive amounts

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of unstructured data being
generated on the internet.

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Computers are
becoming more and more

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capable of interacting
with humans

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and performing human tasks.

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In the next lecture,
we'll discuss IBM Watson,

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an impressive feat in the
area of text analytics.