Mapping the Digital Media Landscape in Bulgaria: Analysis of Web Publications
This study explores the thematic structure and editorial focus of the digital media landscape in Bulgaria by analyzing one year of online news publications from eight major media outlets. The data were collected through a custom-built web scraping application developed in Java, which enabled the aut...
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| description | This study explores the thematic structure and editorial focus of the digital media landscape in Bulgaria by analyzing one year of online news publications from eight major media outlets. The data were collected through a custom-built web scraping application developed in Java, which enabled the automated extraction and processing of full-text articles from publicly accessible news websites. The structured dataset, generated during the scraping process, records word-level occurrences in both article titles and bodies, along with publication dates and URLs. By applying lexical frequency analysis and temporal tracking, this study identifies the most frequently used words and platform-specific usage patterns. The findings reveal clear distinctions in editorial focus between public broadcasters, private national media, and international outlets. Additionally, the analysis highlights how title construction and word prominence vary depending on platform type and media strategy. This study demonstrates the potential of web scraping and computational text analysis as scalable tools for investigating media systems in small and transitional democracies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3de7dd7a3a34772827f30d0fcd5ca152025-08-20T03:27:18ZengMDPI AGDigital2673-64702025-05-01521510.3390/digital5020015Mapping the Digital Media Landscape in Bulgaria: Analysis of Web PublicationsPlamen Hristov Milev0Department of Information Technologies and Communications, University of National and World Economy, 1700 Sofia, BulgariaThis study explores the thematic structure and editorial focus of the digital media landscape in Bulgaria by analyzing one year of online news publications from eight major media outlets. The data were collected through a custom-built web scraping application developed in Java, which enabled the automated extraction and processing of full-text articles from publicly accessible news websites. The structured dataset, generated during the scraping process, records word-level occurrences in both article titles and bodies, along with publication dates and URLs. By applying lexical frequency analysis and temporal tracking, this study identifies the most frequently used words and platform-specific usage patterns. The findings reveal clear distinctions in editorial focus between public broadcasters, private national media, and international outlets. Additionally, the analysis highlights how title construction and word prominence vary depending on platform type and media strategy. This study demonstrates the potential of web scraping and computational text analysis as scalable tools for investigating media systems in small and transitional democracies.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6470/5/2/15media intelligenceweb publicationsnatural language processingdata analyticsweb scraping |
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| title | Mapping the Digital Media Landscape in Bulgaria: Analysis of Web Publications |
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