scholarly journals Three Gaps in Computational Text Analysis Methods for Social Sciences: A Research Agenda

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Christian Baden ◽  
Christian Pipal ◽  
Martijn Schoonvelde ◽  
Mariken A. C. G van der Velden
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Analysis Methods

scholarly journals The narrative arc: Revealing core narrative structures through text analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (32) ◽  
pp. eaba2196
Author(s):  
Ryan L. Boyd ◽  
Kate G. Blackburn ◽  
James W. Pennebaker
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Story Structure ◽  
Science Reporting ◽  
Common Structure ◽  
Narrative Structures ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Language Analysis ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Ted Talks

Scholars across disciplines have long debated the existence of a common structure that underlies narratives. Using computer-based language analysis methods, several structural and psychological categories of language were measured across ~40,000 traditional narratives (e.g., novels and movie scripts) and ~20,000 nontraditional narratives (science reporting in newspaper articles, TED talks, and Supreme Court opinions). Across traditional narratives, a consistent underlying story structure emerged that revealed three primary processes: staging, plot progression, and cognitive tension. No evidence emerged to indicate that adherence to normative story structures was related to the popularity of the story. Last, analysis of fact-driven texts revealed structures that differed from story-based narratives.

Colonial Ideologies, Narratives, and Popular Perceptions of Ethno-racial Otherness in the Dynamics of Urban Exclusion: Debates and Evidence from Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 48-66
Author(s):  
Javier Ruiz-Tagle ◽  
Carolina Aguilera
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Indigenous Social Movements ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Impact

Although ethnic differentiations began with colonialism, racism was not widely addressed in Latin American social sciences until recently, since class perspectives were predominant. Within this, studies on residential segregation and urban exclusion have ignored race and ethnicity, with the exceptions of Brazil and Colombia. However, these issues have recently become crucial because of the adoption of multiculturalism, the impact of postcolonialism and postmodernism, the emergence of black and indigenous social movements, changes in state policy, and new trends in migration. A review of debates and evidence from Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina shows that persistent colonial ideologies, narratives, and popular perceptions of ethno-racial denial sustain various kinds of urban exclusion in the region. The evidence calls for a new research agenda to decolonize urban studies that adopts a critical perspective on the coloniality of power. Aunque las diferenciaciones étnicas comenzaron con el colonialismo, el racismo no se abordó ampliamente en las ciencias sociales latinoamericanas hasta hace poco, ya que predominaban las perspectivas de clase. Los estudios sobre la segregación residencial y la exclusión urbana han ignorado la raza y el origen étnico, con excepción de Brasil y Colombia. Sin embargo, estas cuestiones se han vuelto cruciales recientemente debido a la adopción del multiculturalismo, el impacto del poscolonialismo y el posmodernismo, la aparición de movimientos sociales negros e indígenas, los cambios en la política estatal y nuevas tendencias en la migración. Una revisión de los debates y evidencia en México, Colombia, Chile y Argentina muestra que las ideologías coloniales persistentes, las narrativas y las percepciones populares de la negación etnoracial sostienen varios tipos de exclusión urbana en la región. La evidencia exige una nueva agenda de investigación para descolonizar los estudios urbanos y adoptar una perspectiva crítica sobre la colonialidad del poder.

Emotional talk about robotic technologies on Reddit: Sentiment analysis of life domains, motives, and temporal themes

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110672
Author(s):  
Nina Savela ◽  
David Garcia ◽  
Max Pellert ◽  
Atte Oksanen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Robotic Technology ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Negative Comments ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Robotic Technologies

This study grounded on computational social sciences and social psychology investigated sentiment and life domains, motivational, and temporal themes in social media discussions about robotic technologies. We retrieved text comments from the Reddit social media platform in March 2019 based on the following six robotic technology concepts: robot ( N = 3,433,554), AI ( N = 2,821,614), automation ( N = 879,092), bot ( N = 21,559,939), intelligent agent ( N = 15,119), and software agent ( N = 18,324). The comments were processed using VADER and LIWC text analysis tools and analyzed further with logistic regression models. Compared to the other four concepts, robot and AI were used less often in positive context. Comments addressing themes of leisure, money, and future were associated with positive and home, power, and past with negative comments. The results show how the context and terminology affect the emotionality in robotic technology conversations.

scholarly journals From cultural differences to cultural globalization: towards a new research agenda in cross-cultural management studies

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Boussebaa
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Cultural Globalization ◽  
Cross Cultural Management ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper responds to calls for a new raison d’être in the field cross-cultural management (CCM) and culture-sensitive studies of international business (IB) more broadly. It argues that one way of addressing the crisis of confidence in the field is to develop a line of inquiry focussed on corporate-driven cultural globalization. This paper also proposes a theoretical approach informed by international political economy (IPE) and postcolonial theory and outlines a research agenda for future work on cultural globalization. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a desk-based analysis that draws on relevant research in the wider social sciences to insert cultural globalization into the CCM/IB field’s intellectual project. Findings The paper finds the field of CCM and culture-sensitive IB studies more broadly to be almost exclusively focussed on studying the impact of cultural differences. Surprisingly, little attention has been devoted to the phenomenon of corporate-driven cultural globalization. Research limitations/implications The paper redirects the field and presents a research agenda, calling for studies on the role of four related actors in cultural globalization: MNEs, global professional service firms, business schools and CCM/IB researchers themselves. Practical implications CCM/IB scholars may be able to reorient themselves towards the phenomenon of cultural globalization and, in so doing, also seize an opportunity to contribute to important debates about it in the wider social sciences. Originality/value The paper suggests possibilities for renewal by redirecting CCM/IB towards the study of cultural globalization and by encouraging the field to develop a postcolonial sensibility in future research on the phenomenon.

Analysing dynamics of crop problems by applying text analysis methods on farm advisory data of eSaguTM

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
R. Uday Kiran ◽  
P. Krishna Reddy ◽  
M. Kumara Swamy ◽  
G. Syamasundar Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
On Farm

scholarly journals PRACTICE GENEALOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGY AS PRACTICE

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 130-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
EVERTON RODRIGUES DA SILVA ◽  
CARLOS ALBERTO GONÇALVES
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Theory Of Practice ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strategy As Practice ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Organizational Reality

ABSTRACT Purpose: To map the converging principles of the various practice theories and present their implications for the research agenda of the strategy as practice. Originality/gap/relevance/implications: The research program of strategy as practice (S-as-P) is an intellectual heir of the studies based upon practices present in contemporary social theory. Field theoreticians reinforce the importance of a self-conscious application of the theory of practice, an ambition that requires an allegiance to the notion of practice. Facing this situation, the contribution of this work is: 1. to enable a first approach with the philosophical assumptions of the theory of practice; 2. to serve as a basis for a thorough examination of the research agenda of S-as-P; 3. to serve as inspiration for scholars to be concerned about the fundamental concepts of their researches. Key methodological aspects: Theoretical essay elaborated from a systematic review of the literature. Summary of key results: Review of critical concepts for the S-as-P (e.g.: notions of social/organizational reality, practice, agency, strategy and articulation of these concepts with influential visions in the field of strategy), showing their unique aspects - facing the procedural approaches in strategy and previous theoretical perspectives in the social sciences that use the word practice - and stimulating the development of research of ethnographic inspiration, cartographic or similar. Key considerations/conclusions: The effort undertaken is an attempt to bring to surface the assumptions that guide the turn of the practice, avoiding the reproduction of theoretical models, without understanding the principles on which they were drawn up.

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