Automatic coding mechanisms for open-ended questions in journalism surveys: An application guide

• Main Authors: Zhang, Rukun, Gong, Jiankun, Ma, Siyuan, Firdaus, Amira Sariyati, Xu, Jinghong
• Format: Article
• Published: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd 2023
• Subjects: Communication. Mass media
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/39594/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Answers from open-ended questions are a valuable part of journalism surveys. However, due to the expense and difficulties involved in manual coding, the current situation, in which open-ended questions are used and analyzed in large-scale web surveys, is not satisfactory. This article reviews the ty...