Word counts and topic models: Automated text analysis methods for digital journalism research

Digital Journalism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 75-88

  Günther, Elisabeth ^a   Quandt, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated text analysis; Big data; Journalism research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977578120     PISSN: 21670811     EISSN: 2167082X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2015.1093270     Document Type: Article

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