Fake news and propaganda: Trump's Democratic America and Hitler's National Socialist (Nazi) Germany

This paper features an analysis of President Trump's two State of the Union addresses, which are analysed by means of various data mining techniques including sentiment analysis. The intention is to explore the contents and sentiments of the messages contained, the degree to which they differ,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Allen, David E., McAleer, Michael
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/17471
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17471
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:C19
C65
D79
Text Mining
Sentiment Analysis
Word Cloud
Emotional Valence.
Teoría de la decisión
Econometría (Economía)
Microeconomía
1209.04 Teoría y Proceso de decisión
5302 Econometría
5307.15 Teoría Microeconómica
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Sumario:This paper features an analysis of President Trump's two State of the Union addresses, which are analysed by means of various data mining techniques including sentiment analysis. The intention is to explore the contents and sentiments of the messages contained, the degree to which they differ, and their potential implications for the national mood and state of the economy. In order to provide a contrast and some parallel context, analyses are also undertaken of President Obama's last State of the Union address and Hitler's 1933 Berlin Proclamation. The structure of these four political addresses is remarkably similar. The three US Presidential speeches are more positive emotionally than Hitler's relatively shorter address, which is characterized by a prevalence of negative emotions. However, it should be said that the economic circumstances in contemporary America and Germany in the 1930s are vastly different.