What does it mean to anonymize text?
Text data are a resource that we are only beginning to understand. Many human interactions are moving to the digital world, and we become increasingly sophisticated in documenting interactions. Face-to-face encounters are replaced by written communication (e.g., WhatsApp, Twitter) and every crime incident or hospital visit is recorded. All of these interactions leave a trace in the form of text data.
Automated text analysis: Who is the threatening minority?
News media serves as a window into the society its readership represents. A newspaper’s description of a social group both demonstrates and constructs perceptions of that group within its audience. Understanding long-term trends or spatial differences in the representation of minority groups in news media can contribute to ongoing theoretical debates about the role and perception of minority groups in society.