Synoptic chart of news discourse

Svalbard Weather Map

Svalbardposten · digital archive 2006–2024

After Rodighiero & Daniélou · source


Read the map as a weather chart: warm systems are discourse entering the debate, cool systems are discourse leaving it.

Pressure

Clusters of co-occurring actors form pressure systems — highs are discourse warming into the debate, lows are discourse cooling out of it.

High — emerging discourse (warming)
Low — receding discourse (cooling)

Lines

Isobars ring each system, tightening where discourse intensifies; fronts mark where a warming system advances on a cooling one.

Isobars — tight = discourse intensity
Fronts — direction = discourse advancing

Stations

Each circle marks a single article; its size reflects word count — larger circles are longer articles.

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Colour is black with Years off. Turn Years on for this same time spectrum, including the 5-year window.

Warming up the chart…