Workshop: Tools for Text: Annotation Methods for Political Science Research

数字化正在戏剧性地改变政治学的研究需求和机会。世界各国政府现在每天发布大量数字化文本，而许多国家的国家项目现在正在对数百年的历史政府文件进行数字扫描。网络媒体的发展也极大地增加了可获取的数字政治内容的数量和多样性，从主流媒体的24小时新闻报道，到竞选网站、政治博客、社交网络，甚至YouTube。这些发展为政治学家创造了前所未有的研究机会。然而，文本研究的一个核心制约因素是需要将文本数据转换为关于政治模式的有用信息。归根结底，学者们对文本感兴趣，因为它能告诉我们关于政府演讲的主题，政府行为者之间的关系，或者哪些框架似乎最有分量，仅举几个例子。要回答这些类型的问题，必须开发和应用文本分类的方法。本研讨会将为新教师和高级研究生提供将成熟的文本注释方法纳入他们的教学和研究所需的知识和技能。讲习班将在西雅图的华盛顿大学举行，其中将包括专家以不同方法作的几次介绍性介绍，包括集中关注这些工具的培训和应用。与会者离开时将了解可供选择的范围、不同方法的优点和局限性，以及应用和评估这些方法的实际经验。

Digitization is dramatically altering research demands and opportunities in political science. Governments around the world now release large volumes of digitized text on a daily basis, while national projects in many countries are now digitally scanning centuries of historical government documents. Online media developments are also dramatically increasing the amount and diversity of accessible digital political content, from the advent of 24 hour news coverage in mainstream media outlets, to campaign websites, political blogs, social networks and even YouTube.These developments are creating unprecedented research opportunities for political scientists. However, a central constraint to the study of text is the need to convert textual data to useful information about political patterns. Ultimately, scholars are interested in text for what it can tell us about the topics government addresses, relations among government actors, or which frames seems to carry the most weight, to name just a few examples. To answer these types of questions, approaches to categorizing text must be developed and applied.This workshop will equip newer faculty and advanced graduate students with the knowledge and skills required to incorporate well-established text annotation methods into their teaching and research. The workshop will be held at the University of Washington in Seattle and will include several introductory presentations by experts in different methods, including intensive focus on training and application of these tools. Participants will leave with an understanding the range of options available, the strengths and limits of different approaches, and actual experience in applying and evaluating them.