Opinion Landscapes in Portal News Comment Sections During the December 3 Martial Law Crisis in Korea : A Comparative Analysis of Media Outlets, Heavy Commenters, and Cross-Media Use

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The study aims to analyze the opinion landscape in portal news comments during the December 3 Martial Law crisis and the characteristics of users shaping this landscape.
Analyzed 17.8 million comments on 25 media outlets over 121 days using KcBERT machine learning model.
Evaluated opinions based on metrics like comment count ratio and agree/disagree ratios.
Identified political orientation of commenters and their behaviors through statistical comparisons.
Support for impeachment was 60.4% based on comment counts, aligning closely with public polls.
Opposition sentiment was over-represented in agree/disagree metrics, indicating polarized views.
Heavy commenters (top 5%) contributed over half of the comments, suggesting a small group drives discourse.
Cross-media users often commented on opposing media, demonstrating varied engagement.
Political alignment among commenters showed 53.6% support for impeachment and 20.3% opposition.

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Analyzes public sentiment towards presidential impeachment amidst a media crisis, revealing cross-media user behavior.

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Nakwon Jung (2026) studied this question.

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