Social language processing: A framework for analyzing the communication of terrorists and authoritarian regimes

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-132

  Hancock, Jeffrey T ^a   Beaver, David I ^b   Chung, Cindy K ^b   Frazee, Joey ^b   Pennebaker, James W ^b   Graesser, Art ^c   Cai, Zhiqiang ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Deception; Discourse; Leadership; Natural language processing; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055191119     PISSN: 19434472     EISSN: 19434480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19434471003597415     Document Type: Article

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