Publication Date:
2020
Short description:
Tracking changes in online newspaper headlines / Brett, David Finbar. - 21(1-2):(2020), pp. 139-156.
abstract:
In this study online newspaper headlines were tracked over time
to see whether, and to what extent, they undergo changes, and if they do, what form
these take. The html of the homepage of theguardian.com was downloaded every
hour for six days. Subsequently, all the headlines were extracted (n=810), along
with the URLs of the pages to which they were linked (n=615). The discrepancy
between these two numbers is due to the fact that some headlines were changed,
some even up to 8 times. Timestamps allowed these changes to be ordered
chronologically. Several types of variation were observed, including typo
correction, content update, syntactic reformulation and the
insertion/modification/deletion of kickers.
to see whether, and to what extent, they undergo changes, and if they do, what form
these take. The html of the homepage of theguardian.com was downloaded every
hour for six days. Subsequently, all the headlines were extracted (n=810), along
with the URLs of the pages to which they were linked (n=615). The discrepancy
between these two numbers is due to the fact that some headlines were changed,
some even up to 8 times. Timestamps allowed these changes to be ordered
chronologically. Several types of variation were observed, including typo
correction, content update, syntactic reformulation and the
insertion/modification/deletion of kickers.
Iris type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
newspaper language; quantitative; print and online, newspapers; scraping; corpus linguistics; headlines; updates
List of contributors:
Brett, David Finbar
Book title:
ANALELE UNIVERSITĂŢII DIN CRAIOVA