Assessing the Possible Relationship between the Sentiment of Church-related Tweets and Church Growth

Bibliographic Data

ID5133585
AuthorsAnthony-Paul Cooper (0000-0001-9032-4049, Durham University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume46
Issue1
Pages37-49
Publication date2017-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0008429816664215
OpenAlexW2526911564
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

This article examines the possible relationship between the sentiment of church-related tweets and church growth. It finds that within the sample of tweets analysed, there is a statistically significant relationship between the sentiment of a church-related tweet and the presence of church growth in the geographical area from which the tweet was posted. This work builds on the body of knowledge surrounding church growth and decline in the United Kingdom, by seeking to better understand how new sources of data, in this case freely available social media data, can be used to gain a better understanding of the behaviours of churches which regularly form, merge, move, split and close

Church Growth · Information retrieval · Merge (version control · Political science · Sample (material · Sentiment analysis · Social media · World Wide Web · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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