October 19th—Themed “Paradigm Revolution: Journalism and Communication in the Context of Emerging Interdisciplines”, the 11th “Wentian Forum” focused on new trends and methodologies of interdisciplinary research in the philosophical and social sciences, as well as its application in journalism and communication. Experts from over ten universities and think tanks delivered insightful speeches and engaged in in-depth discussions around the central theme.
At the forum, the Institute of Journalism introduced five newly published monographs and one translated book. Additionally, it unveiled the “Media Model for Computational Communication of Area Studies,” which incorporates eight algorithms to analyze and evaluate various dimensions of China-related media reports. These algorithms include assessments of article influence, ranking influence, ranking attitudes toward China, clustering of China-related topics, attitudes of topics related to China, author influence on China-related reporting, and authors' attitudes toward China. The model further integrates three coordinate systems—“article influence,” “topic popularity,” and “China-related author influence”—to track and analyze trends in China-related sentiments, providing digital infrastructure for the development of “Artificial Intelligence in Social Science.”
Moreover, the Institute of Journalism introduced a “Graphical Model of the Microstructure of the Digital Public Sphere,” which examines the effects of the traffic economy and traffic politics on the digital public sphere through case studies, as well as the opportunities and challenges brought by the rise of user-generated discourse. Two additional AI for Social Science R&D achievements were showcased during the forum.
