Abstract
It has been observed that different media outlets exert bias in the way they report the news, which seamlessly influences the way that readers’ knowledge is built through filtering what we read. Therefore, understanding bias in news media is fundamental for obtaining a holistic view of a news story. Traditional work has focused on biases in terms of “agenda setting,” where more attention is allocated to stories that fit their biased narrative. The corresponding method is straightforward, since the bias can be detected through counting the occurrences of different stories/themes within the documents. However, these methods are not applicable to biases which are implicit in wording, namely, “framing” bias. According to framing theory, biased communicators will select and emphasize certain facts and interpretations over others when telling their story. By focusing on facts and interpretations that conform to their bias, they can tell the story in a way that suits their narrative. Automatic detection of framing bias is challenging since nuances in the wording can change the interpretation of the story. In this work, we aim to investigate how the subtle pattern hidden in language use of a news agency can be discovered and further leveraged to detect frames. In particular, we aim to identify the type and polarity of frame in a sentence. Extensive experiments are conducted on real-world data from different countries. A case study is further provided to reveal possible applications of the proposed method.
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