- It
is widely applicable to political documents
- Speeches
by political figures
- Political
party platforms or manifestos
- Judicial
decisions
- Treaties
- It
has not been not widely used, because
- It
had been a labor-intensive, like "panning for
gold"
- Large
quantities of text had to be processed
- The
expected yield was uncertain and often
small
- E.g.,
examining Nazi texts for changing references to
"democracy"
- It
was not taught in political
science courses
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