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import streamlit as st
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st.title("
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import streamlit as st
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from PIL import Image
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st.title("Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)")
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st.header("Research & Methodology", divider = "blue")
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st.markdown("""
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### Purpose
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We used LDA as a baseline model to detect and analyze climate anxiety among youth on social media platforms like Reddit and Twitter (X).
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Being a well-established probabilistic topic modeling method, it's well-suited for identifying high-level thematic structures
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in large text corpora. The performance of our LDA model will serve as a benchmark for the more advanced BERTopic model.
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This will allow us to evaluate the added value of BERTopic’s contextual embeddings and clustering capabilities compared
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to LDA’s traditional bag-of-words approach.
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---
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### Process Flow
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The analysis pipeline involved collecting and cleaning climate-related text data from Reddit and Twitter, followed by a preprocessing
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phase that included normalization, lemmatization, and customized filtering to preserve topic-relevant terms. The cleaned data was
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then transformed into a document-term matrix using bag-of-words techniques with frequency-based term filtering. Topic modeling was
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performed using LDA, optimized through hyperparameter tuning, and evaluated via coherence and perplexity
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metrics. Finally, insights were drawn by comparing topic coherence and granularity to better understand how climate anxiety is expressed
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in different online communities.
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""")
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pdf_path = "documents/LDA Documentation.pdf"
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with open(pdf_path, "rb") as file:
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st.download_button("Download documentation", file, file_name="LDA Documentation.pdf")
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st.header("Results", divider="green")
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st.markdown("""
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### Coherence and Perplexity Scores Analysis
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Coherence scores measure the semantic similarity between words within each topic. A higher coherence score (ranging from 0 to 1) suggests that the topics are more meaningful and interpretable.
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- Reddit model: Coherence score of 0.38
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→ Moderate interpretability, because of overlap between topics or less distinct themes.
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- Twitter model: Coherence score of 0.43
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→ Topics are more consistent, with clearer distinctions between them and easier interpretability.
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Perplexity measures how well the model predicts unseen words in the corpus. Lower perplexity generally indicates better generalization of topics.
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- Reddit model: Perplexity score of 2874.72
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→ Model struggles with generalization and most likely overfitting.
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- Twitter model: Perplexity score of 1865.36
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→ Generalizes and captures patterns in data better than the reddit model, but still overfits.
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### Why the Twitter Model Performs Better
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Several factors may contribute to the superior performance of the Twitter model:
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1. Twitter's character limit leads to more concise and direct language. This increases linguistic similarity within topics,
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making them easier to cluster and interpret.
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2. Reddit posts and comments are longer and often multifaceted, blending several ideas into one post. This makes topic separation
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more difficult and increases ambiguity.
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Overall, the Twitter model outperforms the Reddit model due to the focused and streamlined nature of tweets, which allow for clearer topic
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boundaries and improved coherence and perplexity scores. Reddit's complex and multifaceted discourse poses challenges for
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traditional topic modeling, resulting in more blended and less distinct topics.
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""")
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st.header("Insights in Climate Focus", divider="red")
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reddit_vis = Image.open("visualizations/lda_reddit_twd.png")
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twitter_vis = Image.open("visualizations/lda_twitter_twd.png")
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col1, col2 = st.columns(2)
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with col1:
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st.image(reddit_vis, caption="Reddit Topic-Word Distribution")
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with col2:
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st.image(twitter_vis, caption="Twitter Topic-Word Distribution")
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st.markdown(""" By analyzing key terms and themes within each platform's topic-word distribution, we
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can better understand the unique aspects each platform emphasizes in the broader climate discourse.
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### Reddit's Focus
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Reddit’s discussions are generally analytical, scientific, and policy-driven, exhibiting the following trends:
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- Frequent references to climate models, temperature trends, and global warming projections.
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- Strong emphasis on government policies, sustainability initiatives, and legislative debates regarding climate regulations.
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- Active discussion around solar, wind, and other alternative energy innovations.
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- Coverage of grassroots environmental movements, activism tactics, and advocacy campaigns.
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- While largely pro-science, some threads engage with climate skepticism, often aiming to debunk misinformation.
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### Twitter's Focus
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Twitter (or X) tends to be more event-driven, highlighting immediate climate developments and their social impacts:
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- High volume of posts about hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and other disasters linked to climate change.
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- Trending hashtags, viral campaigns, and calls to action dominate the climate narrative.
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- Tweets often focus on statements and actions by politicians, corporations, and influencers.
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- Strong emphasis on how climate change disproportionately affects marginalized communities.
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- Real-time responses to events take precedence over long-term scientific forecasts.
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Reddit and Twitter offer complementary perspectives on climate discourse. Reddit tends to focus on research-oriented,
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long-form content, emphasizing data-driven science, legislative solutions, and long-term climate projections.
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In contrast, Twitter (X) centers on real-time events and social reactions, often highlighting individual actions,
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corporate accountability, and justice-driven activism. While Reddit fosters in-depth, technical discussions,
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Twitter amplifies public awareness through dynamic, media-rich narratives. Together, these platforms provide
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a multifaceted view of how climate anxiety and engagement manifest across different online communities.
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""")
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