Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country

Autores
Aromí, José Daniel; Conte Grand, Mariana; Rabassa, Mariano; Rozenberg, Julie
Año de publicación
2025
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Fil: Aromí, José Daniel. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Aromí, José Daniel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Conte Grand, Mariana. Banco Mundial; Argentina
Fil: Conte Grand, Mariana. Universidad del CEMA; Argentina
Fil: Rabassa, Mariano. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Rozenberg, Julie. Banco Mundial; Argentina
This study examines the impact of temperature on human well-being using approximately 80 million geo-tagged tweets from Argentina spanning 2017–2022. Employing text mining techniques, we derive two quantitative estimators: sentiments and a social media aggression index. The Hedonometer Index measures overall sentiment, distinguishing positive and negative ones, while social media aggressive behavior is assessed through profanity frequency. Non-linear fixed effects panel regressions reveal a notable negative causal association between extreme heat and the overall sentiment index, with a weaker relationship found for extreme cold. Our results highlight that, while heat strongly influences negative sentiments, it has no significant effect on positive ones. Consequently, the overall impact of extremely high temperatures on sentiment is predominantly driven by heightened negative feelings in hot conditions. Moreover, our profanity index exhibits a similar pattern to that observed for negative sentiments.
Fuente
Environment and Development Economics. 2025.
Materia
TEMPERATURA
BIENESTAR
ANALISIS DE SENTIMIENTOS
AGRESIVIDAD
EMOCIONES
REDES SOCIALES
TWITTER
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country
title Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country
spellingShingle Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country
Aromí, José Daniel
TEMPERATURA
BIENESTAR
ANALISIS DE SENTIMIENTOS
AGRESIVIDAD
EMOCIONES
REDES SOCIALES
TWITTER
title_short Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country
title_full Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country
title_fullStr Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country
title_full_unstemmed Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country
title_sort Impact of temperature on expressed sentiments in social media: evidence from a Latin American country
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aromí, José Daniel
Conte Grand, Mariana
Rabassa, Mariano
Rozenberg, Julie
author Aromí, José Daniel
author_facet Aromí, José Daniel
Conte Grand, Mariana
Rabassa, Mariano
Rozenberg, Julie
author_role author
author2 Conte Grand, Mariana
Rabassa, Mariano
Rozenberg, Julie
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv TEMPERATURA
BIENESTAR
ANALISIS DE SENTIMIENTOS
AGRESIVIDAD
EMOCIONES
REDES SOCIALES
TWITTER
topic TEMPERATURA
BIENESTAR
ANALISIS DE SENTIMIENTOS
AGRESIVIDAD
EMOCIONES
REDES SOCIALES
TWITTER
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Aromí, José Daniel. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Aromí, José Daniel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Conte Grand, Mariana. Banco Mundial; Argentina
Fil: Conte Grand, Mariana. Universidad del CEMA; Argentina
Fil: Rabassa, Mariano. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Rozenberg, Julie. Banco Mundial; Argentina
This study examines the impact of temperature on human well-being using approximately 80 million geo-tagged tweets from Argentina spanning 2017–2022. Employing text mining techniques, we derive two quantitative estimators: sentiments and a social media aggression index. The Hedonometer Index measures overall sentiment, distinguishing positive and negative ones, while social media aggressive behavior is assessed through profanity frequency. Non-linear fixed effects panel regressions reveal a notable negative causal association between extreme heat and the overall sentiment index, with a weaker relationship found for extreme cold. Our results highlight that, while heat strongly influences negative sentiments, it has no significant effect on positive ones. Consequently, the overall impact of extremely high temperatures on sentiment is predominantly driven by heightened negative feelings in hot conditions. Moreover, our profanity index exhibits a similar pattern to that observed for negative sentiments.
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