This publication by Jason Miklian (2024) addresses media sentiment, conflict prediction, and the relationship between media coverage and conflict events. It is part of Jason Miklian's broader research program on conflict prediction at the University of Oslo.
Key Messages
Whether media sentiment is associated with future conflict events is a testable empirical question linking coverage to violence.
The relationship between the tone of media coverage and subsequent conflict events warrants systematic data analysis.
Media sentiment is a candidate signal for anticipating conflict, raising the question of its predictive association with future events.
Research Topics
media sentimentconflict predictiondata analysisconflict events
Citation
Jason Miklian. "Is media sentiment associated with future conflict events?" Preprint, 2024.