Journal of Cultural Analytics
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Cultural Analytics is a platinum open-access journal dedicated to the computational study of culture.
We wouldn’t be anywhere without the great work of our authors and reviewers. Wishing you all a happy holiday season and a restful end to 2025!
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We wouldn’t be anywhere without the great work of our authors and reviewers. Wishing you all a happy holiday season and a restful end to 2025!
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Excited to read a paper on computational postcolonial literary analysis! More please 🤲🏻🤲🏻
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Excited to read a paper on computational postcolonial literary analysis! More please 🤲🏻🤲🏻
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This by Matt Erlin, Douglas Knox, Claudia Carroll, @jeysushil.bsky.social, Tumaini Ussiri & Sadahisa Watanabe is excellent: postcolonial corpus comparison, using quantitative proxies for 'literariness' and 'cosmopolitanism'
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This by Matt Erlin, Douglas Knox, Claudia Carroll, @jeysushil.bsky.social, Tumaini Ussiri & Sadahisa Watanabe is excellent: postcolonial corpus comparison, using quantitative proxies for 'literariness' and 'cosmopolitanism'
NEW: 🎶 What if pop music shapes our feelings as much as it reflects them? A new study by Xiaolu Wang of 260k+ Chinese-language songs (1967-2023) finds lyrical sentiments moves in 35-year emotional cycles.
Tug-of-War of Emotion: Measuring and Modeling Sentiment Cycles in Chinese-Language Pop Song Lyrics, 1967-2023 | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Xiaolu Wang. This study challenges the idea that pop lyrics mirror societal moods, proposing instead that sentiment patterns in Chinese and English songs reflect cultural equilibration modeled by d...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
NEW: 🎶 What if pop music shapes our feelings as much as it reflects them? A new study by Xiaolu Wang of 260k+ Chinese-language songs (1967-2023) finds lyrical sentiments moves in 35-year emotional cycles.
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No need to read my poppy take. You can find the original article at @culturalanalytics.bsky.social: culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...
The Eclectic Reader | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By James English, J. D. Porter. Using Goodreads data, this study explores the overlooked eclecticism of readers, revealing both patterns of cultural hierarchy and the conceptual limits of eclecticism ...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
No need to read my poppy take. You can find the original article at @culturalanalytics.bsky.social: culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...
📺 In this article, Lauren Tilton and Justin Wigard revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in visual media. @nolauren.bsky.social @justinwigard.bsky.social
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
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Seeing Formalism or Formal Viewing: Computational Formalism for the Analysis of Visual Media Forms and Contexts | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Lauren Tilton, Justin Wigard. In this article, the authors revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📺 In this article, Lauren Tilton and Justin Wigard revisit published work and explore forthcoming research to demonstrate computational formalist studies of history, culture, and context in visual media. @nolauren.bsky.social @justinwigard.bsky.social
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
🔮 Digital pranks have earned a reputation for platform-based popularity. But how prominent are such pranks amongst other “viral” genres? And what might they reveal about viral video as cultural form? Read through Tess McNulty's article to find out!
culturalanalytics.org/article/1436...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1436...
Pranks and the Viral Canon: On Top-Creator Content from YouTube to TikTok | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Tess McNulty. Digital pranks have earned a reputation for platform-based popularity. But how prominent are such pranks amongst other “viral” genres? And what might they reveal about viral video as ...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🔮 Digital pranks have earned a reputation for platform-based popularity. But how prominent are such pranks amongst other “viral” genres? And what might they reveal about viral video as cultural form? Read through Tess McNulty's article to find out!
culturalanalytics.org/article/1436...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1436...
📙 Ryan Heuser's "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse" examines "the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments." @heuser.bsky.social
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Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Ryan Heuser. This paper examines the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📙 Ryan Heuser's "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse" examines "the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments." @heuser.bsky.social
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
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🎉 We're excited to share the second half of our Special Issue "Computation and Form, Reconsidered"! 🟧
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🎉 We're excited to share the second half of our Special Issue "Computation and Form, Reconsidered"! 🟧
👾 "Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure" by Katherine Elkins (@katelelkins.bsky.social)
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Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Katherine Elkins. Sentiment analysis for literary studies asks us to reconsider not just how we analyze individual texts, but how we conceptualize the very nature of narrative itself.
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September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
👾 "Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure" by Katherine Elkins (@katelelkins.bsky.social)
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💬 "Parler Games: A Narrative Framework Analysis of Parler Conspiracy Theories and the January 6th Insurrection" by Miller et al. uses a narrative analytical approach to Parler discussions to reveal the relationship between storytelling and real world action.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1370...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1370...
Parler Games: A Narrative Framework Analysis of Parler Conspiracy Theories and the January 6th Insurrection | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Alexandre Miller, Jasmin Kongsberg & 6 more. Narrative modeling of Parler before January 6 reveals that platform conversations reflected conspiracy theory hallmarks and contributed to a real-world ...
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September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
💬 "Parler Games: A Narrative Framework Analysis of Parler Conspiracy Theories and the January 6th Insurrection" by Miller et al. uses a narrative analytical approach to Parler discussions to reveal the relationship between storytelling and real world action.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1370...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1370...
📐 "Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters" by James E. Dobson (@jeddobson.bsky.social) examines how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1339...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1339...
Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By James E. Dobson. This article demonstrates how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.
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September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
📐 "Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters" by James E. Dobson (@jeddobson.bsky.social) examines how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1339...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1339...
🧩 Introduction by the special issue editors, Laura Alice Chapot and Tess McNulty. The articles in this special issue will be published in groups on a rolling basis over the coming weeks.
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culturalanalytics.org/article/1439...
Computation and Form, Reconsidered | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Tess McNulty, Laura Alice Chapot. In this special issue, we bring together scholars from across multiple disciplines to reconsider the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technol...
culturalanalytics.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🧩 Introduction by the special issue editors, Laura Alice Chapot and Tess McNulty. The articles in this special issue will be published in groups on a rolling basis over the coming weeks.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1439...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1439...
💻 We are very excited to announce the launch of our special issue Computational Formalism, edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Alice Chapot, that reconsiders the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technological and critical moment.
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Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2025 | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics
In this special issue, we bring together scholars from across multiple disciplines to reconsider the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technological and critical moment.
culturalanalytics.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
💻 We are very excited to announce the launch of our special issue Computational Formalism, edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Alice Chapot, that reconsiders the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technological and critical moment.
culturalanalytics.org/issue/12788
culturalanalytics.org/issue/12788
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@culturalanalytics.bsky.social after a longer than I had hoped delay!
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The Eclectic Reader | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By James English, J. D. Porter. Using Goodreads data, this study explores the overlooked eclecticism of readers, revealing both patterns of cultural hierarchy and the conceptual limits of eclecticism ...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@culturalanalytics.bsky.social after a longer than I had hoped delay!
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🥸 Guest editors:
@javiercha.bsky.social Javier Cha, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Hong Kong University
Matt Erlin, Professor of German Studies, Washington University
Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Arts and Culture, Maastricht University
@javiercha.bsky.social Javier Cha, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Hong Kong University
Matt Erlin, Professor of German Studies, Washington University
Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Arts and Culture, Maastricht University
July 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🥸 Guest editors:
@javiercha.bsky.social Javier Cha, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Hong Kong University
Matt Erlin, Professor of German Studies, Washington University
Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Arts and Culture, Maastricht University
@javiercha.bsky.social Javier Cha, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Hong Kong University
Matt Erlin, Professor of German Studies, Washington University
Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Arts and Culture, Maastricht University
📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue
The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.
📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025
culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.
📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025
culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
CFP Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees | Published by Journal of Cultural Analytics
Ten-Year Anniversary Issue: Reflections on a Decade of Seeing the Forest and the Trees
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July 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
📢 CFP: JCA Ten-Year Anniversary Issue
The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.
📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025
culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
The Journal of Cultural Analytics turns 10! We're marking the moment with a special issue reflecting on a decade of studying culture at scale—and imagining what comes next.
📅 Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2025
culturalanalytics.org/post/3316-cf...
The “Mapping German fiction in translation” dataset consists of 35,972 translated titles of fiction originally published in German between 1980-2020 by 6,457 authors in 86 languages." Check out the newest dataset published at JCA by Lisa Teichmann! 🤩 culturalanalytics.org/article/1280...
The “Mapping German fiction in translation” dataset: Data collection, scope, and data quality | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Lisa Teichmann. The “Mapping German fiction in translation” dataset consists of 35,972 translated titles of fiction originally published in German by 6,457 authors in 86 languages.
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April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The “Mapping German fiction in translation” dataset consists of 35,972 translated titles of fiction originally published in German between 1980-2020 by 6,457 authors in 86 languages." Check out the newest dataset published at JCA by Lisa Teichmann! 🤩 culturalanalytics.org/article/1280...
📚 Check out the newest JCA article by Li Lucy (@lucy3.bsky.social), Camilla Griffiths, Claire Ying, JJ Kim-Ebio, Sabrina Baur, Sarah Levine, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, David Bamman (@dbamman.bsky.social), and Dorottya Demszky. culturalanalytics.org/article/1316...
Racial and Ethnic Representation in Literature Taught in US High Schools | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Li Lucy, Camilla Griffiths & 7 more. We quantify the representation, or presence, of characters of color in English Language Arts instruction in the United States to better understand possible raci...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📚 Check out the newest JCA article by Li Lucy (@lucy3.bsky.social), Camilla Griffiths, Claire Ying, JJ Kim-Ebio, Sabrina Baur, Sarah Levine, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, David Bamman (@dbamman.bsky.social), and Dorottya Demszky. culturalanalytics.org/article/1316...
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This article about fan culture in 1920s Spain received the 2024–25 Humanities Research Prize at UIUC. First time I think an article in @culturalanalytics.bsky.social has won here? Congrats Anna Torres-Cacoullos and Elizaveta Senatorova! culturalanalytics.org/article/1181...
April 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This article about fan culture in 1920s Spain received the 2024–25 Humanities Research Prize at UIUC. First time I think an article in @culturalanalytics.bsky.social has won here? Congrats Anna Torres-Cacoullos and Elizaveta Senatorova! culturalanalytics.org/article/1181...
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Stoked to join the editorial board of advisors for @culturalanalytics.bsky.social under the new co-leadership of brilliant Amelia Acker, @tanyaclement.bsky.social and @mmvty.bsky.social ✨
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Cultural Analytics is a platinum open-access journal dedicated to the computational study of culture.
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March 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Stoked to join the editorial board of advisors for @culturalanalytics.bsky.social under the new co-leadership of brilliant Amelia Acker, @tanyaclement.bsky.social and @mmvty.bsky.social ✨
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! JCA is so pleased to welcome 22 new editorial board members 🦾 Check out the updated masthead on our website: culturalanalytics.org/editorial-bo...
Editorial Board | Journal of Cultural Analytics
CA is an open-access journal dedicated to the computational study of culture.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! JCA is so pleased to welcome 22 new editorial board members 🦾 Check out the updated masthead on our website: culturalanalytics.org/editorial-bo...
🗣️ We’re excited to share the first JCA article of 2025! “Quantifying the Presence of Ancient Greek and Latin Classics in Early Modern Britain” by Margherita Fantoli, Jukka Suomela, Toon Van Hal, Mark Depauw, Lari Virkki, and Mikko Tolonen.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1280...
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Quantifying the Presence of Ancient Greek and Latin Classics in Early Modern Britain | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Margherita Fantoli, Jukka Suomela & 4 more. This paper focuses on the reception of classics in Early Modern England during the hand press era, concentrating on printed documents between the 1470s a...
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March 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🗣️ We’re excited to share the first JCA article of 2025! “Quantifying the Presence of Ancient Greek and Latin Classics in Early Modern Britain” by Margherita Fantoli, Jukka Suomela, Toon Van Hal, Mark Depauw, Lari Virkki, and Mikko Tolonen.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1280...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1280...