[lg policy] Wordclouds ignore language

[Harold Schiffman]

Wordclouds Ignore Language


Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. By ignoring linguistic context and nuance,
Wordclouds are misleading oversimplifications that pretend to provide insight on
an article.

http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/10/word-clouds-considered-harmful/

http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-4051.html

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