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The legitimation of international organizations in the media in Eurasian post-socialist countries

Krzysztof, Rybinski and Ring, Orsolya (2024) The legitimation of international organizations in the media in Eurasian post-socialist countries. INTERSECTIONS: EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIETY AND POLITICS, 10 (3). pp. 90-116. ISSN 2416-089X

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Abstract

The paper presents the first-ever big data analysis related to the legitimation of international organizations (IOs) in the media in Eurasian post-socialist countries. We use text mining and regression analysis to quantify intensity, tone, and narrative in the media as three critical dimensions of legitimation. The model is applied to a corpus of 1.3 million newspaper articles from six countries and twelve IOs. We show that contrary to earlier studies covering established democracies, the tone of articles about IOs is predominantly positive. Articles mentioning influential domestic politicians contribute to the delegitimation of the IOs featured, except in Poland.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: international organizations; legitimation; automated text mining; sentiment analysis; flexible LDA; post-socialist countries
Subjects: H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism / szocializmus, kommunizmus, anarchizmus
J Political Science / politológia > JA Political science (General) / politológia általában
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 16 Feb 2026 13:39
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2026 13:39
URI: https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/234197

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