Exploring media bias with semantic analysis tools: Validation of the Contrast Analysis of Semantic Similarity (CASS)

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 193-200

  Holtzman, Nicholas S ^a   Schott, John Paul ^a   Jones, Michael N ^b   Balota, David A ^a   Yarkoni, Tal ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

CASS; Individual differences; Language use; Media bias; Semantic space models

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; POLITICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79953710829     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-010-0026-z     Document Type: Article

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