This document discusses emotion detection in social media. It defines emotion as a reaction to important events that leads to changes in an organism. Emotion has five components: cognitive, neurophysiological, motivational/behavioral, motor expression, and subjective feeling. It discusses how emotions are detected in different media like facial expressions, gestures, voice, and text. Tools are presented that detect emotions in social media text to understand perceptions and attitudes. Detecting emotion helps analyze topics, competitors, and monitor discussions.