Through the Lens of History: Methods for Analyzing Temporal Variation in Content and Framing of State-run Chinese Newspapers (2025.naacl-long)
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| Challenge: | State-run newspapers are believed to strategically select and frame news articles to align with the shifting political tides of the country. |
| Approach: | They analyze more than 50 years of articles from the People's Daily and Reference News to quantify differences in content and framing over time. |
| Outcome: | The proposed methods show that the changes in name mentions and sentiment in news articles are more significant in People’s Daily than in Reference News . |
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