22.4051, Media: Wordclouds Ignore Language

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LINGUIST List: Vol-22-4051. Mon Oct 17 2011. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 22.4051, Media: Wordclouds Ignore Language

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Date: 15-Oct-2011
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Wordclouds Ignore Language


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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:41:48
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Wordclouds Ignore Language

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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/ 


Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis





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