This issue highlights how different research methods can be used to address some important issues:
Topic modeling using Latent Dirichlet Allocation helps understand the discourse around aging in South Korea, an aging society (2006-2019).
A survey is used to find which factors affect city image during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
And in our first paper using this analysis method, the different Facebook reactions are used to understand attitudes about Bangladeshi news items related to rape.
- Editor's NoteAJPOR's editor in chief and managing editor discuss recent hoaxes in academic publishing and the policies in place to prevent AJPOR from falling for them.
- Research ArticleLDA analysis of 1,472 Korean newspaper articles about aging identified seven latent topics. This study concludes media discourse on aging has shifted toward productivity and efficiency issues.
- Research ArticleThe respondents to a survey in South Korea perceived the image of their city through two dimensions––leading and safe––during the COVID-19 era.
- Research ArticleAnalyzing reactions to 9,429 Bangladeshi news items about rape shared on Facebook suggests that users express disdain toward rape and sympathy for victims using Facebook's angry and sad buttons.