I have a question, as to whether collocations in corpus linguistics can be used to indicate diversity. I have a corpora of media news articles, and I manage to find out the frequency of my target word and the collocates. I then used a regression analyses to find out if demographic variables predicted the frequency of the target word, and another regression model with collocates as the outcome. I simply took the number of collocates for each article as the dependent variable, with the understanding that more number of collocates meant more diversity in the media representation. Consequently, I conclude that demographic variables predicts this diversity, i.e., a country's cultural value singificantly predicts higher diversity in the media, indicated by the number of collocates. The research aim is to explore whether national values predict diversity in the way a particular issue is presented in the media. Please please tell me if this reasoning is sound as I have very little background knowledge on this.
Of course, the way how an issue is presented by the media powerfully reacts on the cultural value people attribute to the self-analysis of its particular people section. Pre-labeled political parties or groups may assume a diametrical opposite value whether classifified as "right" or "left" for instance – as the recent debate on 6th Jan "assault" to Capitol Hill has been presented.
Work of freaks/or politically organized right wing expression ?
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