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Since becoming Prime Minister in 2018, Scott Morrison has spoken publicly almost every day. Transcripts of all speeches, interviews, and press conferences are available on the Prime Minister’s website, which means we can analyse ScoMo’s language over this whole period (August 2018 - March 2021). This dataset includes 988 transcripts. In this post I will: Compare frequently used words and phrases before and during the pandemic. Read More…
I’m a big fan of Doctor Who, so when the new series came out earlier this year I was inspired to do some exploratory analysis of scripts from the show. Doctor Who is about a time-travelling alien (the Doctor) who explores the universe with a series of companions, generally getting himself into lots of trouble and saving the world a few times along the way. The Doctor has the ability to regenerate instead of dying, which means that the show can fairly gracefully replace the actor playing him. Read More…