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The Fashionable Functions Reloaded: An Updated Google Ngram View of Trends in Functional Differentiation (1800-2000)

The Fashionable Functions Reloaded: An Updated Google Ngram View of Trends in Functional Differentiation (1800-2000)

Steffen Roth, Carlton Clark, Jan Berkel
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781522518686|ISBN10: 1522518681|EISBN13: 9781522518693
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1868-6.ch011
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Roth, Steffen, et al. "The Fashionable Functions Reloaded: An Updated Google Ngram View of Trends in Functional Differentiation (1800-2000)." Research Paradigms and Contemporary Perspectives on Human-Technology Interaction, edited by Anabela Mesquita, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 236-265. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1868-6.ch011

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Roth, S., Clark, C., & Berkel, J. (2017). The Fashionable Functions Reloaded: An Updated Google Ngram View of Trends in Functional Differentiation (1800-2000). In A. Mesquita (Ed.), Research Paradigms and Contemporary Perspectives on Human-Technology Interaction (pp. 236-265). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1868-6.ch011

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Roth, Steffen, Carlton Clark, and Jan Berkel. "The Fashionable Functions Reloaded: An Updated Google Ngram View of Trends in Functional Differentiation (1800-2000)." In Research Paradigms and Contemporary Perspectives on Human-Technology Interaction, edited by Anabela Mesquita, 236-265. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1868-6.ch011

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Abstract

Using the updated Google Book corpus dataset generated in July 2012, we analyze the largest available corpus of digitalized books to review social macro trends such as the secularization, politicization, economization, and mediatization of society. These familiar trend statements are tested through a comparative analysis of word frequency time-series plots for the English, French, and German language area produced by means of the enhanced Google Ngram Viewer, the online graphing tool that charts annual word counts as found in the Google Book corpus. The results: a) confirm that the importance of the political system, religion, economy, and mass media features significant change in time and considerable regional differences and b) suggest that visions of economized or capitalist societies are intellectual artifacts rather than appropriate descriptions of society.

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