David Smith’s post: Stylometry: Identifying authors of texts using R details the use of R to distinguish tweets by president-elect Donald Trump from his campaign staff. (Hmmm, sharing a Twitter account password, there’s bad security for you.)
The same techniques may distinguish texts delivered “live” versus those “inserted” into Congressional Record.
What other texts are ripe for distinguishing authors?
From the post:
Few people expect politicians to write every word they utter themselves; reliance on speechwriters and spokepersons is a long-established political practice. Still, it's interesting to know which statements are truly the politician's own words, and which are driven primarily by advisors or influencers.
Recently, David Robinson established a way of figuring out which tweets from Donald Trump's Twitter account came from him personally, as opposed to from campaign staff, whcih he verified by comparing the sentiment of tweets from Android vs iPhone devices. Now, Ali Arsalan Kazmi has used stylometric analysis to investigate the provenance of speeches by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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A small amount of transparency can go a long way.
Email archives anyone?