Sociocultural mechanisms of conflict: Combining topic and stochastic actor-oriented models in an analysis of Afghanistan, 1979–2001

Karell, Daniel; Freedman, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2019.101403

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“…To develop our approach, the text and image data could be linked with information on social actors, such as the authors of the documents, to examine the interaction between cultural and social domains (e.g., Karell and Freedman 2020). In addition, a temporal dimension could be added, perhaps using documents' time of publication, to model semantic change over time.…”

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“…relations between topics (e.g., Farrell 2016; Karell and Freedman 2020;Light and Odden 2017). If two text vertices had a Spearman correlation coefficient greater than 0.2, we recorded an edge between them.…”

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“…To identify semantic relations, and define graph edges, we calculated the correlation between topics across observations, a technique used by previous scholarship that inferred relations between topics (e.g., Farrell 2016; Karell and Freedman 2020; Light and Odden 2017). If two text vertices had a Spearman correlation coefficient greater than 0.2, we recorded an edge between them.…”

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Sociological research on online discourse increasingly uses digital data consisting of messages combining multiple modes of media, with meaning arising from contents’ interaction across modes. Yet, techniques to study this interplay are underdeveloped relative to the toolkit for analyzing solely texts. The authors introduce an automated approach for relationally analyzing texts and images, focusing on how to examine the discursive meaning emerging from concepts’ connections across associated text and image modes. The authors validate this approach using a crowdsourced task and obtain results suggesting that applying social network metrics to semantic space can generate useful insights into how people understand discourse. To illustrate this approach, the authors examine the concept of “securitization” in online white supremacist discourse. The findings indicate that ideas of securitization link notions of personalistic leadership with imagery of space and place. This analysis demonstrates how the authors’ approach helps researchers understand multimodal material and meaning-making in digital discourse.

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“…Recent research shows that dynamic relational mechanisms may help explain why radicalism spreads across a network (Karell & Freedman, 2020). Becker et al (2020) aims to solve the conundrum of widespread diffusion and institutionalization of radicalism by proposing a framework of "multiplex networks and multiple diffusion processes.…”

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Growing interest in the diffusion of radicalism reflects concern with political discontent and widening social inequality. It also reflects the profoundly different forms of communication emerging from the new digital media environment that are recasting radical politics. Sociology has important and longstanding insights into the incubation of radical ideas and the inception of radical movements. Drawing on general network models, particularly threshold network diffusion models, we argue for a compelling perspective on the diffusion of radicalism that is emerging in contemporary sociology. Studying the spread of radical ideas contributes to the development of the diffusion literature by underscoring the limitations of static and singular network explanations-explanations that examine one network and one direction of influence at time. We contend that scholars should distinguish between the limited diffusion of radical ideas and the widespread diffusion of radical ideas. To explain the latter, network theories should integrate frameworks of multiplex networks and network ecosystems, as illustrated by research on the rise of radical right-wing political rhetoric. We consider how sociology might inform strategies for containing radicalism before drawing conclusions about future conceptual and methodological directions in research on radicalism.

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Comparative Analysis of Topics Covered by False and True News in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Sociocultural mechanisms of conflict: Combining topic and stochastic actor-oriented models in an analysis of Afghanistan, 1979–2001

Abstract: Makovi. We also thank the anonymous reviewers and the editors for their comments. Finally, we are indebted to Fotini Christia for sharing her data. Any remaining errors and omissions are our responsibility.

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Analyzing Text and Images in Digital Communication: The Case of Securitization in American White Supremacist Online Discourse

Explaining the diffusion of radical ideas

Comparative Analysis of Topics Covered by False and True News in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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