恐怖袭击对书籍中表达的文化价值观的影响
Daniel Hart1, I-Ming Chiu2, Richard Epstein3
1Prevention Science, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, United Sates of America.
PloS one
|November 22, 2024
概括
9/11袭击影响了书中的道德语言,增加了美国的负面权威术语,减少了美国的积极忠诚术语. 这一转变影响了文化价值观和道德基础,反映在出版的文本中.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 文化社会学 文化社会学
- 计算语言学 计算语言学
背景情况:
- 9/11恐怖袭击对全球社会和文化价值观产生了重大影响.
- 以前的研究表明,重大事件可以改变集体意识和社会规范.
研究的目的:
- 调查9/11袭击对出版书籍中道德语言使用的影响.
- 分析不同国家与权威和忠诚相关的词汇的变化.
主要方法:
- 在书籍中分析特定道德短语 (权威-副,权威-美德,忠诚-副,忠诚-美德) 的相对频率.
- 用贝叶斯的结构时间序列方法来处理美国数据.
- 美国,英国和西班牙语国家 (1960-2019) 的书籍数据进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 在美国的书籍中,9/11袭击与"权威-副"短语 (如"混乱") 的增加以及"权威-美德"短语 (如"服从") 的减少有关.
- "忠诚-美德"短语的突出程度下降,而"忠诚-副"短语 (例如",背叛") 在美国出版物中增加.
- 在9/11事件后,在出版的书籍中观察到道德词汇使用增加的历史趋势的减速.
结论:
- 9/11袭击明显改变了美国出版文本中道德价值观的表达.
- 研究结果表明,恐怖主义事件可以改变文化价值观和道德基础.
- 这些价值转移的文字编码可能会随着时间的推移而产生持续的文化影响.
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