Towards Well-Being Measurement with Social Media Across Space, Time, and Cultures: Three Generations of Progress

Oscar Kjell, Salvatore Giorgi, H. Andrew Schwartz, Johannes C. Eichstaedt

January 2023 · Book chapter · World Happiness Report 2023

Abstract

Social media data provides unprecedented opportunities to assess well-being across space and time. This chapter discusses methodological advances in aggregating social media data, including three generations of aggregation and three levels of language analysis. The work emphasizes the transformative potential of social media for population-level well-being metrics.

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