Mapping Affective Polarization in YouTube Shorts: A Data-Driven Analysis of Political Communication During the 2023–2024 Israel–Hamas War
This study examines the application of computational models, particularly Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA), to the analysis of political communication in online spaces. The paper provides an in-depth analysis of affective polarization in user-generated content on YouTube Shorts related to the 2023–2024 Israel–Ham...