Political Ideology and Media Coverage of Fairness Issues: Evidence from Structural Topic Modeling of Korean News (2015–2024)

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This research aims to examine how political ideology influences media coverage of fairness issues in Korea between 2015 and 2024.
Analyzed 21,913 news articles from major Korean newspapers including Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, Hankyoreh, and Kyunghyang.
Applied structural topic modeling to assess topic distributions based on the political leanings of the newspapers.
Focused on fairness as a key theme and its representation across different ideological frameworks.
Identified significant topics including political conflict and socio-economic issues in news coverage over the past decade.
Conservative media focused more on conflicts related to meritocracy in culture and arts, while progressive media highlighted structural societal problems.
Confirmed empirical differences in content based on the political leanings of the newspapers.

Analyzes how political ideology shapes media coverage of fairness issues over nine years, suggesting significant reporting differences.

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