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Using Graph Theory Software for Political Discourse Analysis

Using Graph Theory Software for Political Discourse Analysis

Bogdan Pătruţ, Monica Pătruţ, Camelia Cmeciu
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466660625|ISBN10: 1466660627|EISBN13: 9781466660632
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6062-5.ch017
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Pătruţ, Bogdan, et al. "Using Graph Theory Software for Political Discourse Analysis." Political Campaigning in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 265-286. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6062-5.ch017

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Pătruţ, B., Pătruţ, M., & Cmeciu, C. (2014). Using Graph Theory Software for Political Discourse Analysis. In A. Solo (Ed.), Political Campaigning in the Information Age (pp. 265-286). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6062-5.ch017

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Pătruţ, Bogdan, Monica Pătruţ, and Camelia Cmeciu. "Using Graph Theory Software for Political Discourse Analysis." In Political Campaigning in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo, 265-286. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6062-5.ch017

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors show how, using graph theory, one can make a content analysis of political discourse. The premises of this analysis are: we have a corpus of speech of each party or candidate, as empirical data; speeches convey economic, political, and socio-cultural values, these taking the form of words or word families; there are interdependences between the values of a political discourse; they are given by the co-occurrence of two values, as words in the text, within a well-defined fragment or they are determined by the internal logic of political discourse; established links between values in a political speech have associated positive numbers indicating the “power” of those links; these “powers” are defined according to both the number of co-occurrences of values and the internal logic of the discourse where they occur. In this context, the authors highlight the following: a) the dominant values in a political speech; b) groups of values that have ties between them and have no connection with the rest; c) the order in which political values should be set in order to obtain an equivalent but more concise speech compared to the already given one; d) the links between the values that form the “core” political speech; and e) one can get from one value to another by using as few words as possible from the discourse to be analyzed.

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