不同类型社交机器人的话语研究:以双碳议题为例
Study on the Discourse of Different Types of Social Bots: A Case Study of Dual-Carbon Issues
摘要: 气候变化与人工智能的双重挑战下,社交机器人作为舆论空间的重要参与者,其传播作用存在争议。本研究围绕双碳议题,旨在探寻不同类型社交机器人在推特平台上的话语影响程度。在筛选出推特平台上的社交机器人并对其进行分类后,本研究在风险的社会放大框架下,以情感分析和主题建模为路径,析出普通机器人、新闻机器人和桥接机器人在情感表达和议程设置方面的差异,以厘清不同类型社交机器人对人类用户的话语影响。在情感分析层面,三类机器人情绪分布差异显著,其中桥接机器人表现出明显的人机同构倾向;在主题层面,三类机器人的话语特征与其功能定位深度契合,分层次共同构建双碳话题。
Abstract: Against the dual challenges of climate change and the artificial intelligence, social bots, as important participants in the public opinion space, have controversial communication roles. Focusing on the dual-carbon issue, this study aims to explore the extent of discourse influence of different types of social bots on the Twitter platform. After identifying and classifying social bots on the Twitter platform, Under the Social Amplification of Risk Framework (SARF), this study adopts sentiment analysis and topic modeling as research approaches to identify the differences in emotional expression and agenda-setting among regular bots, news bots, and bridging bots, thereby clarifying the discourse influence of different types of social bots on human users. At the level of sentiment analysis, there are significant differences in the emotional distribution of the three types of bots, among which bridging bots show an obvious tendency of human-machine isomorphism. At the topic level, the discourse characteristics of the three types of bots are highly consistent with their functional positioning, and they jointly construct the dual-carbon topic in a hierarchical manner.
文章引用:林必超. 不同类型社交机器人的话语研究:以双碳议题为例[J]. 新闻传播科学, 2025, 13(12): 1993-2001. https://doi.org/10.12677/jc.2025.1312282

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