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Identifying events using computer-assisted text analysis
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In: Social Science Computer Review ; 26 ; 4 ; 483-497 (2015)
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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 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)
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Keyword:
10200; 10800; anthropology; Antwortverhalten; computational linguistics; Computer; Computer Methods; Computerlinguistik; data capture; data collection method; data processing; Datengewinnung; Datenverarbeitung; deployment; dictionary; Einsatz; Ereignis; Erhebungsmethode; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften; European Social Survey; incident; media event; Medienereignis; Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis; newspaper; response behavior; Social sciences; sociology; Sozialwissenschaften; Soziologie; statistical analysis; Statistical Methods; statistische Analyse; survey research; text analysis; Textanalyse; Umfrageforschung; Wörterbuch; Zeitung
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URL: http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/44368
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-443686
https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439307313703
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