构建1960-1975年南方报纸新闻电讯库，揭示非头条新闻的传播模式。
Southern Newswires: A Large-Scale Study of Mid-Century Wire Content Beyond the Front Page
- 整合多个电讯社1960-1975年南方报纸内容，覆盖全版面
- 采用大模型校正光学识别文本，提升分析可用性
- 保留同一稿件多版本，可对比不同报纸的报道差异
本文构建了一个涵盖1960至1975年美国南方报纸的大型历史电讯文集，包含美联社、合众国际社、报业企业协会等多个电讯服务。与以往聚焦头版内容的研究不同，该文集收录了报纸全版的电讯文章，提供对中世纪南方新闻传播更全面的洞察。分析使用原始光学字符识别（OCR）文本及经大语言模型（LLM）文本校正后的版本，以降低识别噪声并增强定量分析适用性。同一电讯稿的不同版本被保留，便于研究报纸间在语言和叙事框架上的编辑差异。文章按电讯来源分类，支持跨机构编辑模式比较。这些特征共同呈现了美国历史上关键转型期南方媒体如何传递全国与国际新闻的详细图景。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This paper describes the construction of a large-scale corpus of historical wire articles from U.S. Southern newspapers, spanning 1960-1975 and covering multiple wire services (e.g., Associated Press, United Press International, Newspaper Enterprise Association). Unlike prior work that focuses primarily on front-page content, the corpus captures wire-sourced articles across the entire newspaper, offering broader insight into mid-century Southern news coverage. The analysis incorporates both raw OCR text and a version processed through an LLM-based text correction pipeline designed to reduce OCR noise and improve suitability for quantitative text analysis. Multiple versions of the same wire dispatch are retained, allowing for the study of editorial differences in language and framing across newspapers. Articles are classified by wire service, enabling comparative analysis of editorial patterns across agencies. Together, these features provide a detailed perspective on how Southern newspapers transmitted national and international news during a transformative period in American history.
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