Measuring populism through natural language processing techniques – testing strategies with BERT and ChatGPT

• In Event: Large Language Models for Social Science

Brief Overview

This study explores BERT and ChatGPT to analyze populism in Brazilian politics and reduce the need for human coding. While the preliminary results are promising, concerns about replicability and transparency remain.

Authors

• Guilherme Tiengo, University of São Paulo

• Paolo Ricci, University of São Paulo