Seeded sequential LDA: A semi-supervised algorithm for topic-specific analysis of sentences

K Watanabe, A Baturo - Social Science Computer Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Topic models have been widely used by researchers across disciplines to automatically
analyze large textual data. However, they often fail to automate content analysis, because …

Introducing an interpretable deep learning approach to domain-specific dictionary creation: A use case for conflict prediction

S Häffner, M Hofer, M Nagl, J Walterskirchen - Political Analysis, 2023 - cambridge.org
Recent advancements in natural language processing (NLP) methods have significantly
improved their performance. However, more complex NLP models are more difficult to …

[HTML][HTML] Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in computational diplomacy: A multi-layered network approach to improve our understanding of institutional …

D Wernli - Journal of Computational Science, 2023 - Elsevier
While the study of global governance is moving from a focus on component-dominated to
interaction-dominated systems, the present paper reviews development in governance …

Combining computational and archival methods to study international organizations: refugees and the international labour organization, 1919–2015

WL Allen, E Easton-Calabria - International Studies Quarterly, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Researchers studying international organizations have access to growing and varied
archives due to digitization efforts. While developments in computational methods confer …

Exploring engagement with EU news on Facebook: The influence of content characteristics

T Heidenreich, O Eisele, K Watanabe… - Politics and …, 2022 - econstor.eu
The EU is diagnosed with a participation deficit, rooted in a lack of public communication.
While news media are the primary source of information about EU politics, social media …

Who gets a say in this? Speaking security on social media

N Umansky - New Media & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Can social media revert the top-down dynamics of securitization? Limited by the notion that
'security is only articulated in an institutional voice by the elites', the role of non-elite actors …

The Evolution of Global Cleavages: A Historical Analysis of Territorial and Functional World Alignments Based on Automated Text Analysis, 1843–2020

D Caramani, S Gurova… - Comparative Political …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper examines the global cleavages that structure world politics from the mid-19th
century to the present. It develops the concept of cleavage applied at the global level and …

[PDF][PDF] “Train the World”: Examining the Logics of US Foreign Military Training

RM Joyce, T McLauchlin… - International Studies …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstracts Foreign military training has become a key component of the United States'
security policy. What explains the variation in US training allocation across countries and …

A window of opportunity? The relevance of the rotating European Union presidency in the public eye

O Eisele, T Heidenreich, N Kriegler… - European Union …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The rotating EU presidency's relevance for EU politics has decreased since the introduction
of a permanent council president. However, news salience and framing of the own …

From controversy to common ground: The discourse of sustainability in the media

J Litofcenko, A Vogler, M Meyer… - Journal of Language …, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
Once a concept of the radical environmentalist movement, the term sustainability was
incorporated into the hegemonic discourse. Prior research argues that this occurred through …