I've spent the last month reading mainly qualitative research about how #sexwork is not only (or mostly) about sex. It's about intimacy.

#Sentiment analysis makes it possible to take a #BigData, quantitative approach to large volumes of text. Basically...
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... words are assigned a sentiment, and then quantified. Looking at the words on this London-based forum from 2002 - 2020, "trusting" words are used most often!

Wow!

So, Big Data cannot really help me understand the causal mechanisms underlying these data points. So...

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...my next step will be to do a deep dive with a #critical discourse analysis and attempt to interpret communication patterns (i.e. using a sociopolitical context to understand motivations/meanings) through a #masculinities and hegemonic #masculinity framework.

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I don't know yet what I will find. However, this research is illustrating:

(1) the importance of qualitative research - quant data can conceal more than reveal

(2) research - even critical research, is much more careful than your average grifter wants to recognize.

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Maybe more clear...each emotion as a percentage of overall emotions.