Automated text classification of opinion vs. news French press articles. A comparison of transformer and feature-based approaches

IF 1.3 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI:10.1016/j.langcom.2024.09.004

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Abstract

This study explores Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods for distinguishing between press articles belonging to the journalistic genres of ‘objective’ news and ‘subjective’ opinion. Two classification models are compared: CamemBERT, a French transformer model fine-tuned for the task, and a machine learning model using 32 linguistic features. Trained on 8000 Belgian French articles, both models are evaluated on 1000 Canadian French articles. Results show CamemBERT’s superiority but highlight potential for hybrid approaches and emphasizes the need for robust and transparent methods in NLP. The research contributes to understanding NLP’s role in journalism by addressing challenges of point of view detection in press discourse.

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法国报刊文章观点与新闻的自动文本分类。转换器和基于特征的方法比较

本研究探讨了自然语言处理（NLP）方法，用于区分属于 "客观 "新闻和 "主观 "观点两种新闻体裁的报刊文章。本研究比较了两种分类模型：CamemBERT是一种针对该任务进行微调的法语转换器模型，而机器学习模型则使用了32种语言特征。这两个模型都在 8000 篇比利时法语文章中进行了训练，并在 1000 篇加拿大法语文章中进行了评估。结果显示了 CamemBERT 的优越性，但也凸显了混合方法的潜力，并强调了在 NLP 中采用稳健而透明的方法的必要性。这项研究通过解决新闻话语中观点检测的难题，有助于理解 NLP 在新闻业中的作用。

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Language & Communication Multiple-

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3.40

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6.70%

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