Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación

The article examines the production of contested social representations of a Philippine religious ritual in online spaces using a mixed methods approach to semantic network analysis. Comments from the online media coverage of the 2019 Traslación were mined from the Facebook pages of the eight most p...

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Main Authors:	Medriano, Jose S, III, Torio, Jose Abelardo
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2022
Subjects:	Traslación Black Nazarene Philippine ritual social representations semantic network analysis Arts and Humanities Catholic Studies Communication Journalism Studies Mass Communication Religion Social Media
Online Access:	https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/377 https://doi.org/10.52518/2022-04medto
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.psychology-faculty-pubs-13772024-05-08T02:56:41Z Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación Medriano, Jose S, III Torio, Jose Abelardo The article examines the production of contested social representations of a Philippine religious ritual in online spaces using a mixed methods approach to semantic network analysis. Comments from the online media coverage of the 2019 Traslación were mined from the Facebook pages of the eight most popular Philippine media outlets. A semantic network consisting of collocation of frequently used words was generated using R and Gephi. Network analysis produced three word clusters highlighting bifurcations linguistically, in the use of Filipino or English, and substantively, in contested representations. Analysis of these themes reveals the centrality of discourses reifying the ritual as authentic expressions of faith. A minority of discourses reflect criticisms of the Traslación as idolatry. This reflects the dichotomy of discourses in the Traslación literature. The research demonstrates the relevance of social computing in the analysis of meanings of cultural phenomena across large populations. 2022-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/377 https://doi.org/10.52518/2022-04medto Psychology Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Traslación Black Nazarene Philippine ritual social representations semantic network analysis Arts and Humanities Catholic Studies Communication Journalism Studies Mass Communication Religion Social Media
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topic	Traslación Black Nazarene Philippine ritual social representations semantic network analysis Arts and Humanities Catholic Studies Communication Journalism Studies Mass Communication Religion Social Media
spellingShingle	Traslación Black Nazarene Philippine ritual social representations semantic network analysis Arts and Humanities Catholic Studies Communication Journalism Studies Mass Communication Religion Social Media Medriano, Jose S, III Torio, Jose Abelardo Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación
description	The article examines the production of contested social representations of a Philippine religious ritual in online spaces using a mixed methods approach to semantic network analysis. Comments from the online media coverage of the 2019 Traslación were mined from the Facebook pages of the eight most popular Philippine media outlets. A semantic network consisting of collocation of frequently used words was generated using R and Gephi. Network analysis produced three word clusters highlighting bifurcations linguistically, in the use of Filipino or English, and substantively, in contested representations. Analysis of these themes reveals the centrality of discourses reifying the ritual as authentic expressions of faith. A minority of discourses reflect criticisms of the Traslación as idolatry. This reflects the dichotomy of discourses in the Traslación literature. The research demonstrates the relevance of social computing in the analysis of meanings of cultural phenomena across large populations.
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author	Medriano, Jose S, III Torio, Jose Abelardo
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title	Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación
title_short	Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación
title_full	Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación
title_fullStr	Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación
title_full_unstemmed	Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación
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publisher	Archīum Ateneo
publishDate	2022
url	https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/377 https://doi.org/10.52518/2022-04medto
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Contested social representations of a religious ritual in the Philippines: Text mining online discourses on the Traslación

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