AUTHOR=Orianne Jean-François , Heiden Serge , Klein-Peschanski Carine , Eustache Francis , Peschanski Denis TITLE=Collective memories and social roles: the case of the Paris terrorist attacks of 13 November 2015 JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sociology VOLUME=9 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1388380 DOI=10.3389/fsoc.2024.1388380 ISSN=2297-7775 ABSTRACT=
The present study was based on empirical data collected during the first phase (2016) of Study 1000, part of the 13-November Program: a corpus of 934 individual interviews conducted 6-11 months after the events. To process this empirical material, the authors used integrated TXM software, which provides several classic textometry tools. They mainly used the lexical specificity analysis tool, which statistically measures the irregularity of the word distribution according to the parts of the corpus. They also analyzed the concordances of certain very specific lexical forms. Analysis revealed the important influence of social roles on the construction of memories and narratives of this event. Application of textometry tools highlighted lexical fields specific to the different social roles played by the interviewees in this