Abstract
This paper sheds light on cultural differences in the understanding of historical military events between Chinese, English, French, German, and Swedish Wikipedia language editions. Differences in understanding historical events can lead to intercultural misinterpretation and conflicts that cause negative consequences for international relations. We identified the most important historical events, mined cross-cultural relations, investigated word usage in war-related pages and performed network, complexity, and sentiment analysis. We also analyzed the usage of war-related words and the quantity of war-related events mentioned in different languages. Our findings suggest that World War I and World War II are the most important historical events within English, French, and German cultures and English Wikipedia contains more violence and war-related content, with a higher level of complexity than other language editions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Springer Proceedings in Complexity |
Pages | 3-12 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Volume | Part F4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-42697-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
MoE publication type | A3 Part of a book or another research book |
Event | International Conference on Collaborative Innovation Networks - Rome, Italy Duration: 8 Jun 2016 → 11 Jun 2016 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Collaborative Innovation Networks |
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Abbreviated title | COINs |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 08/06/2016 → 11/06/2016 |