恐怖袭击加剧了“我们”与“他们”的二元认知
Terrorist attacks sharpen the binary perception of "Us" vs. "Them"
AI总结：
本研究基于维基百科580万篇文章和15起恐怖袭击样本，利用复杂排除程序分析公众注意力变化，发现恐怖袭击加剧了“我们”与“他们”的二元认知边界，有助于减轻此类事件的社会后果。
摘要：
恐怖袭击不仅伤害了公民，还转移了他们的注意力，这对公众舆论和政府政策产生了长期影响。然而，在媒体覆盖范围之外衡量公众注意力的变化在方法论上一直具有挑战性。在此，我们通过从维基百科的580万篇文章库和15起近期恐怖袭击的样本出发来解决这一问题。我们部署了一套复杂的排除程序，以识别因这些事件而持续获得显著关注度增加的主题和议题。审查这些内容揭示了一幅清晰的图景：恐怖袭击促使在“我们”（目标社会）与“他们”（作为敌人的恐怖分子）之间建立起鲜明的边界。在此过程中，人们试图构建双方的身份认同。这激发了对“他们”了解更多的好奇心，以及对“我们”进行更清晰自我反思的渴望。这种对破坏性事件公众反应的系统性分析有助于减轻其社会后果。
英文摘要：
Terrorist attacks not only harm citizens but also shift their attention, which has long-lasting impacts on public opinion and government policies. Yet measuring the changes in public attention beyond media coverage has been methodologically challenging. Here we approach this problem by starting from Wikipedia's répertoire of 5.8 million articles and a sample of 15 recent terrorist attacks. We deploy a complex exclusion procedure to identify topics and themes that consistently received a significant increase in attention due to these incidents. Examining their contents reveals a clear picture: terrorist attacks foster establishing a sharp boundary between "Us" (the target society) and "Them" (the terrorist as the enemy). In the midst of this, one seeks to construct identities of both sides. This triggers curiosity to learn more about "Them" and soul-search for a clearer understanding of "Us". This systematic analysis of public reactions to disruptive events could help mitigate their societal consequences.
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