It Is Not Just Fun and Games: An NLP Perspective on Signaling and the Intangible Legacy of the Olympics

• In Event: Political Effects from Journalistic Practices

Brief Overview

The paper pairs NLP techniques and signaling theory to investigate how China used the 2008 and 2022 Olympics to promote its image, and ensuing changes in how western media portrays China constitute an intangible legacy effect of hosting the Olympics.

Authors

• Arya McCarthy, Johns Hopkins University

• Giovanna Maria Dora Dore, Johns Hopkins University

• Eva Martha Elaine Klaus, Johns Hopkins University