Critical discourse analysis guided topic modeling: the case of Al-Jazeera Arabic

IF 4.2 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2023-02-26 DOI:10.1080/1369118X.2023.2166364

Toni Rouhana

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper analyzes all the articles and corresponding comments of Al-Jazeera Arabic's coverage of the Syrian war from 2011 to 2017. I propose a multilayered Critical Discourse Analysis Guided Topic Modeling method that includes context of social structures and processes in the analysis of topics. This article shows that the employment of topic modeling without Critical Discourse Analysis does not unravel the power relations embedded within the platform. Two different applications of this method are used to demonstrate how a guided topic modeling method can lead to more nuanced results that can unravel important social dynamics which would have remained unperceived if applying traditional computational methods.

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批判性话语分析引导的话题建模:以阿拉伯半岛电视台为例

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Information Communication & Society Multiple-

CiteScore

10.20

自引率

4.80%

发文量

110

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