The mediums and the messages: exploring the language of Islamic State media through sentiment analysis
| Autor: | Richard Frank, Logan Macnair |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Point (typography) business.industry 05 social sciences Sentiment analysis 0211 other engineering and technologies Humiliation 050801 communication & media studies Islam 02 engineering and technology Linguistics Digital media Identification (information) 0508 media and communications Political Science and International Relations Narrative Social media Sociology business |
| Zdroj: | Critical Studies on Terrorism. 11:438-457 |
| ISSN: | 1753-9161 1753-9153 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17539153.2018.1447226 |
| Popis: | This study applies the method of sentiment analysis to the online media released by the Islamic State (IS) in order to distinguish the ways in which IS uses language within their media, and potential ways in which this language differs across various online platforms. The data used for this sentiment analysis consist of transcripts of IS-produced videos, the text of IS-produced online periodical magazines, and social media posts from IS-affiliated Twitter accounts. It was found that the language and discourse utilised by IS in their online media is of a predominantly negative nature, with the language of videos containing the highest concentration of negative sentiment. The words and phrases with the most extreme sentiment values are used as a starting point for the identification of specific narratives that exist within online IS media. The dominant narratives discovered with the aid of sentiment analysis were: 1) the demonstrated strength of the IS, 2) the humiliation of IS enemies, 3) continuou... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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