Network Text Analysis
Network text analysis represents the content of text not as counts of words or topics but as a network of concepts linked by their relationships, then applies social-network methods to reveal which ideas are central and how they connect. Centering resonance analysis (CRA), introduced by Corman and colleagues in 2002, is a leading variant that builds concept networks from the noun phrases that structure discourse.
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Sources
- Corman, S. R., Kuhn, T., McPhee, R. D., & Dooley, K. J. (2002). Studying complex discursive systems: Centering resonance analysis of communication. Human Communication Research, 28(2), 157–206. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2002.tb00802.x ↗
- Wasserman, S., & Faust, K. (1994). Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521387071
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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Network Text Analysis of Communication. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/communication/network-text-analysis
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