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This by Matt Erlin, Douglas Knox, Claudia Carroll, @jeysushil.bsky.social, Tumaini Ussiri & Sadahisa Watanabe is excellent: postcolonial corpus comparison, using quantitative proxies for 'literariness' and 'cosmopolitanism'

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Tug-of-War of Emotion: Measuring and Modeling Sentiment Cycles in Chinese-Language Pop Song Lyrics, 1967-2023 | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Xiaolu Wang. This study challenges the idea that pop lyrics mirror societal moods, proposing instead that sentiment patterns in Chinese and English songs reflect cultural equilibration modeled by d...

NEW: 🎶 What if pop music shapes our feelings as much as it reflects them? A new study by Xiaolu Wang of 260k+ Chinese-language songs (1967-2023) finds lyrical sentiments moves in 35-year emotional cycles.

22.10.2025 13:31 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

The Eclectic Reader | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By James English, J. D. Porter. Using Goodreads data, this study explores the overlooked eclecticism of readers, revealing both patterns of cultural hierarchy and the conceptual limits of eclecticism ...

No need to read my poppy take. You can find the original article at @culturalanalytics.bsky.social: culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...

21.10.2025 16:09 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Seeing Formalism or Formal Viewing: Computational Formalism for the Analysis of Visual Media Forms and Contexts | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Lauren Tilton, Justin Wigard. In this article, the authors revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in...

📺 In this article, Lauren Tilton and Justin Wigard revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in visual media. @nolauren.bsky.social @justinwigard.bsky.social

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Pranks and the Viral Canon: On Top-Creator Content from YouTube to TikTok | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Tess McNulty. Digital pranks have earned a reputation for platform-based popularity. But how prominent are such pranks amongst other “viral” genres? And what might they reveal about viral video as ...

🔮 Digital pranks have earned a reputation for platform-based popularity. But how prominent are such pranks amongst other “viral” genres? And what might they reveal about viral video as cultural form? Read through Tess McNulty's article to find out!

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Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Ryan Heuser. This paper examines the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments.

📙 Ryan Heuser's "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse" examines "the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments." @heuser.bsky.social

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🎉 We're excited to share the second half of our Special Issue "Computation and Form, Reconsidered"! 🟧

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Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Katherine Elkins. Sentiment analysis for literary studies asks us to reconsider not just how we analyze individual texts, but how we conceptualize the very nature of narrative itself.

👾 "Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure" by Katherine Elkins (@katelelkins.bsky.social)

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10.09.2025 19:37 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Parler Games: A Narrative Framework Analysis of Parler Conspiracy Theories and the January 6th Insurrection | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Alexandre Miller, Jasmin Kongsberg & 6 more. Narrative modeling of Parler before January 6 reveals that platform conversations reflected conspiracy theory hallmarks and contributed to a real-world ...

💬 "Parler Games: A Narrative Framework Analysis of Parler Conspiracy Theories and the January 6th Insurrection" by Miller et al. uses a narrative analytical approach to Parler discussions to reveal the relationship between storytelling and real world action.

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10.09.2025 19:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By James E. Dobson. This article demonstrates how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.

📐 "Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters" by James E. Dobson (@jeddobson.bsky.social) examines how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.

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10.09.2025 19:37 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

Computation and Form, Reconsidered | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Tess McNulty, Laura Alice Chapot. In this special issue, we bring together scholars from across multiple disciplines to reconsider the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technol...

🧩 Introduction by the special issue editors, Laura Alice Chapot and Tess McNulty. The articles in this special issue will be published in groups on a rolling basis over the coming weeks.

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Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2025 | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics In this special issue, we bring together scholars from across multiple disciplines to reconsider the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technological and critical moment.

💻 We are very excited to announce the launch of our special issue Computational Formalism, edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Alice Chapot, that reconsiders the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technological and critical moment.

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Geotropes: Situating Postcolonial Bestsellers in the Global Literary Marketplace | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Matt Erlin, Douglas Knox & 4 more. A computational comparison of English-language South Asian novels and South Asian works in translation reveals how the narrow canon of postcolonial bestsellers ma...

📘 New JCA article by Matt Erlin et al.

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02.09.2025 16:36 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2

The Eclectic Reader | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By James English, J. D. Porter. Using Goodreads data, this study explores the overlooked eclecticism of readers, revealing both patterns of cultural hierarchy and the conceptual limits of eclecticism ...

@culturalanalytics.bsky.social after a longer than I had hoped delay!

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25.08.2025 19:15 — 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

🥸 Guest editors:

@javiercha.bsky.social Javier Cha, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Hong Kong University

Matt Erlin, Professor of German Studies, Washington University

Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Arts and Culture, Maastricht University

22.07.2025 15:57 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

CFP Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees

📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue

The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.

📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025

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22.07.2025 15:54 — 👍 12 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 2

The “Mapping German fiction in translation” dataset: Data collection, scope, and data quality | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Lisa Teichmann. The “Mapping German fiction in translation” dataset consists of 35,972 translated titles of fiction originally published in German by 6,457 authors in 86 languages.

The “Mapping German fiction in translation” dataset consists of 35,972 translated titles of fiction originally published in German between 1980-2020 by 6,457 authors in 86 languages." Check out the newest dataset published at JCA by Lisa Teichmann! 🤩 culturalanalytics.org/article/1280...

22.04.2025 19:00 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Racial and Ethnic Representation in Literature Taught in US High Schools | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Li Lucy, Camilla Griffiths & 7 more. We quantify the representation, or presence, of characters of color in English Language Arts instruction in the United States to better understand possible raci...

📚 Check out the newest JCA article by Li Lucy (@lucy3.bsky.social), Camilla Griffiths, Claire Ying, JJ Kim-Ebio, Sabrina Baur, Sarah Levine, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, David Bamman (@dbamman.bsky.social), and Dorottya Demszky. culturalanalytics.org/article/1316...

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Figure 10.A selection of male contestants featured in Popular Film’s star-search photo contest, emulating the expressions, postures, and costumes of stars. These photographs can be found in the following issue numbers of Popular Film: José Alegre (No. 44, p. 16); Miguel Molina Ruiz (No. 42, p. 16); Antonio A. Fozmark (No. 31, p. 12); Joaquín Castro Morilla (No. 27, p. 12); Miguel Gutiérrez (No. 24, p. 12); and José Roda (No. 26, p. 12).

This article about fan culture in 1920s Spain received the 2024–25 Humanities Research Prize at UIUC. First time I think an article in @culturalanalytics.bsky.social has won here? Congrats Anna Torres-Cacoullos and Elizaveta Senatorova! culturalanalytics.org/article/1181...

05.04.2025 15:36 — 👍 31 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0

Stoked to join the editorial board of advisors for @culturalanalytics.bsky.social under the new co-leadership of brilliant Amelia Acker, @tanyaclement.bsky.social and @mmvty.bsky.social ✨

10.03.2025 20:07 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Editorial Board | Journal of Cultural Analytics CA is an open-access journal dedicated to the computational study of culture.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! JCA is so pleased to welcome 22 new editorial board members 🦾 Check out the updated masthead on our website: culturalanalytics.org/editorial-bo...

03.04.2025 19:56 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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Quantifying the Presence of Ancient Greek and Latin Classics in Early Modern Britain | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics By Margherita Fantoli, Jukka Suomela & 4 more. This paper focuses on the reception of classics in Early Modern England during the hand press era, concentrating on printed documents between the 1470s a...

🗣️ We’re excited to share the first JCA article of 2025! “Quantifying the Presence of Ancient Greek and Latin Classics in Early Modern Britain” by Margherita Fantoli, Jukka Suomela, Toon Van Hal, Mark Depauw, Lari Virkki, and Mikko Tolonen.

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CFP: Computational Approaches to Cultural Heritage in the Global South: Challenges and Innovations | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics This special issue aims to provide a platform for cutting-edge research that bridges the gap between computational methods and the study of cultural heritage from the Global South.

Check out this new CFP for a Special Issue on "Computational Approaches to Cultural Heritage in the Global South," guest-edited by @patymurrieta.bsky.social and @dharanpreethi.bsky.social:

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Abstracts are due January 15, 2025. 💥

20.12.2024 14:46 — 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

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03.12.2024 12:45 — 👍 37 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 1

Missing Data in the Humanities Call for Papers: Missing Data in the Humanities

Reminder that we have two open calls for special issues, as well as a general call, deadline Jan 1.

Missing Data in the Humanities: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

LLMs in Humanities Research: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

03.12.2024 12:34 — 👍 27 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 1

what if... doing theory as "footnote to plato" always was part of the problem? o.O manifesto for not poking out our own eyes, when going theory in the humanities #vis4dh @culturalanalytics.bsky.social

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18.11.2024 19:25 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

🥳 Better late than never! We’re excited to announce that The Journal of Cultural Analytics is now on Bluesky! Follow us to stay updated on our latest publications, special issues, and other exciting content 📚 ✨

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