The news in black and white: word embeddings quantify racism in South African news.

Ohamadike N, Durrheim K, Primus M

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DOI: 10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00594-2
Published: 2025
Container: EPJ data science
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@article{allodium:10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00594-2,
  title = {The news in black and white: word embeddings quantify racism in South African news.},
  author = {Ohamadike N and Durrheim K and Primus M},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {EPJ data science},
  doi = {10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00594-2},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00594-2}
}

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TI  - The news in black and white: word embeddings quantify racism in South African news.
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AU  - Durrheim K
AU  - Primus M
PY  - 2025
JO  - EPJ data science
DO  - 10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00594-2
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N, O., K, D., & M, P. (2025). The news in black and white: word embeddings quantify racism in South African news.. EPJ data science. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00594-2

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