Analysis of Inauguration Speeches of South Korean Presidents (2022)
[Customer]
- South Korean Broadcasting Company
[Key Objectives]
- Analyze the inauguration speeches of South Korea’s presidents (from the 1st to the 19th) to:
① Identify the key themes emphasized by each president and how their focus has evolved over time.
② Determine the most frequently used words by each president.
[Key Activities]
Data Collection) Collected the inauguration speeches of South Korea’s 1st to 19th presidents (a total of 12 presidents).
Data Preprocessing)
- Extracted nouns (handling synonyms, proper nouns, and compound nouns).
- Removed stop words to improve analysis accuracy.
Data Analysis)
- Conducted word network analysis to identify key relationships between terms.
- Performed topic modeling and analyzed the distribution of topics over time.
[Utilization of Results]
- Identified the major themes (mega topics) emphasized by each president.
- Analyzed key topics in political, diplomatic, social, and economic fields for each president.
- Tracked shifts in topic emphasis over different time periods in political, diplomatic, social, and economic contexts.
- Compared the similarities and differences in presidential speeches based on key topics.
- Revealed the primary keywords for each president and examined the relationships between them.