Topic Modeling Subreddits

Chloe Perry (Carnegie Mellon University)

We are studying the cultural evolution of ideas and practical advice in online men’s spaces known as the “manosphere.” We seek to track the progression of manosphere ideology from the 1970s to the present by analyzing online forum data using computational techniques and close reading of primary and secondary sources referenced by these groups. We pull current data from news sharing sites such as Reddit, data from the 1990s and early 2000s from Usenet sites such as alt.seduction.fast, and other various blogs and forums.

Further Reading and Resources

Python code for accessing Reddit’s API.
Code for accessing Pushshift’s API.
Pushshift’s Reddit search page.

July 3, 2019. Corpus Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Text Mining and Analytics

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Chloe Perry (Carnegie Mellon University)

Chloe Perry is a Predoctoral Fellow in The Laboratory for Social Minds, run by Professor Simon DeDeo. She has a Master’s Degree in Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie Mellon University. She is interested in digital humanities, information studies, global literature and interdisciplinary approaches to cultural analysis.