分析国家媒体在抖音短视频中如何报道以哈战争,发现不同媒体情感表达差异显著。
Multimodal Analysis of State-Funded News Coverage of the Israel-Hamas War on YouTube Shorts
- 融合语音转写、情感分析与场景分类的多模态分析流程
- 2300条短视频显示媒体情感随时间与立场变化,视觉场景贴合真实事件
- 小型适配模型表现优于大模型,适合人文研究资源受限场景
YouTube Shorts已成为平台新闻消费的核心形式,但对地缘政治事件在此类格式中的呈现研究仍较匮乏。本文提出一种多模态分析流程,结合自动语音转写、基于方面的情感分析(ABSA)和语义场景分类。该流程首先验证可行性,随后应用于分析多家国家资助媒体对以哈战争的短视频报道。基于超过2,300条冲突相关Shorts及逾94,000个视觉帧,系统考察了主要国际广播机构的战时报道。结果表明,各媒体在特定议题上的情感表达存在差异且随时间演变;而场景类型分类则准确反映现实事件的视觉特征。值得注意的是,小型领域适配模型在情感分析中表现优于大型Transformer甚至大语言模型,凸显资源高效方法在人文学科研究中的价值。该流程可推广至TikTok、Instagram等其他短视频平台,展示了多模态方法结合定性解读,在算法驱动视频环境中刻画情感模式与视觉线索的潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
YouTube Shorts have become central to news consumption on the platform, yet research on how geopolitical events are represented in this format remains limited. To address this gap, we present a multimodal pipeline that combines automatic transcription, aspect-based sentiment analysis (ABSA), and semantic scene classification. The pipeline is first assessed for feasibility and then applied to analyze short-form coverage of the Israel-Hamas war by state-funded outlets. Using over 2,300 conflict-related Shorts and more than 94,000 visual frames, we systematically examine war reporting across major international broadcasters. Our findings reveal that the sentiment expressed in transcripts regarding specific aspects differs across outlets and over time, whereas scene-type classifications reflect visual cues consistent with real-world events. Notably, smaller domain-adapted models outperform large transformers and even LLMs for sentiment analysis, underscoring the value of resource-efficient approaches for humanities research. The pipeline serves as a template for other short-form platforms, such as TikTok and Instagram, and demonstrates how multimodal methods, combined with qualitative interpretation, can characterize sentiment patterns and visual cues in algorithmically driven video environments.
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