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Identifying events using computer-assisted text analysis
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Abstract Events as elections, significant changes in laws, but also extreme weather conditions, may affect societal values and, consequently, public opinion. Accordingly, a central assumption for public opinion surveys in that respondents behavior is influenced by significant events. It is therefore necessar... mehr
Events as elections, significant changes in laws, but also extreme weather conditions, may affect societal values and, consequently, public opinion. Accordingly, a central assumption for public opinion surveys in that respondents behavior is influenced by significant events. It is therefore necessary to consider the impact of potential events when designing a survey and, whenever possible, to control for these. To support the documentation of such social events, the authors have developed a procedure to identify events using computer-assisted text analysis. Event words are selected and grouped by means of exploratory factor analysis based on a comparison of a large text corpus that forms the reference for a smaller text corpus consisting of media items on significant events. As a result, the factors represent significant events during a specific time period. (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
statistische Analyse; Datengewinnung; Einsatz; Computerlinguistik; Datenverarbeitung; Antwortverhalten; European Social Survey; Ereignis; Zeitung; Medienereignis; Textanalyse; Computer; Wörterbuch; Umfrageforschung; Erhebungsmethode
Klassifikation
Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2008
Seitenangabe
S. 483-497
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Science Computer Review, 26 (2008) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439307313703
ISSN
0894-4393
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
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