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Semantic Network Analysis

Semantic network analysis represents the meaning of a text or corpus as a network of concepts connected by their co-occurrence or grammatical proximity, then uses network-analytic measures to reveal which ideas are central, how concepts cluster, and how shared meaning is structured. In communication research it is the standard way to map the conceptual architecture of media coverage, organizational discourse, and public conversation at scale.

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Semantic Network Analysis of Communication Texts
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / communication
  • 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
  • Doerfel, M. L., & Barnett, G. A. (1999). A semantic network analysis of the International Communication Association. Human Communication Research, 25(4), 589–603. · DOI 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1999.tb00463.x
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Same method familyContent Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyFraming Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyLIWC Text Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyNetwork Agenda-Settingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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