Applying computational approaches to energy discourse: a comparative methodological study of rule-based and large language model qualitative content analysis
Ilona Kousa
Abstract:The objective of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of a rule-based ontological classification tool and a large language model (LLM) chatbot as qualitative content analysis tools. The focus is on assessing their strengths and limitations when applied to the study of the discourse surrounding the energy transition. To achieve this, I used the tools to analyse two different types of corpora: citizens' social media discussions and politicians' parliamentary speeches. In the analysis, I evaluated the … Show more
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