Appendix B — Text retrieval

YouTube querying

The Python script used to retrieve and transcribe YouTube videos took advantage of the native querying system, cycling through lists of keywords. Below is a table of all queries associated with each city.

Query category PG TR
Waste management rifiuti, smaltimento, raccolta differenziata inceneritore, rifiuti, smaltimento
Environment, nature ambiente, ecosistema, qualità dell’aria, qualità dell’acqua, inquinamento, spazi verdi, verde urbano, emissioni ambiente, ecosistema, qualità dell’aria, qualità dell’acqua, inquinamento, spazi verdi, verde urbano
Industry industria, nocività acciaieria, AST, industria
Transportation ciclabile, mobilità sostenibile, BRT, autobus ciclabile, mobilità sostenibile, BRT, autobus

Keyword-based retrieval in Umbria Press

News articles were queried through keyword-based matching. The keyword are listed below.

Query category Keywords
Industry acciaieria, industria, acciaio, Arvedi, Thyssen, Thyssen-Krupp
Transportation treno, aeroporto, Trenitalia, ciclabile, mobilità, BRT, trasporti
Environment emissioni, PM10, inquinamento, ecolog, riuso, ecosistem, rifiuti, inceneritor

Contextual sentiment querying

The “environment” category was further decomposed and expanded in order to study the contextual sentiment of significant terms. All terms are listed below.

Query category Keywords
Emissions emissioni, PM10
Pollution inquinamento,
Ecology ecolog, ecosistem
Waste management riuso, rifiuti, inceneritor