Words that Represent Peace
T. Prasad (1), L. S. Liebovitch (1), M. Wild (1), H. West (1), P. T., Coleman (1) ((1) Columbia University)
TL;DR
This study analyzes news media language to identify words associated with higher or lower peace levels, revealing thematic differences that can help measure peace and understand underlying social processes.
Contribution
It introduces a data-driven method to classify countries' peace levels based on news media language themes, highlighting key words and themes.
Findings
Higher peace news emphasizes finance, daily activities, and health.
Lower peace news focuses on politics, government, and legal issues.
Provides a foundation for measuring peace through media analysis.
Abstract
We used data from LexisNexis to determine the words in news media that best classifies countries as higher or lower peace. We found that higher peace news is characterized by themes of finance, daily actitivities, and health and that lower peace news is characterized by themes of politics, government, and legal issues. This work provides a starting point to measure levels of peace and identify the social processes that underly those words.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAfrican history and culture analysis · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Global Peace and Security Dynamics