Echoes of Ideology: Toward an Audio Analysis Pipeline to Unveil Character Traits in Historical Nazi Propaganda Films
Abstract
This study investigates the use of computational audio analysis to examine ideological narratives in Nazi propaganda films. Employing a three-step pipeline, speaker diarization, audio transcription and psycholinguistic analysis, it reveals ideological patterns in characters. Despite current issues with speaker diarization, the methodology provides insights into character traits and propaganda narratives, suggesting scalable applications.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Digital Humanities and Scholarship
Speech Recognition and Synthesis
Music and Audio Processing
Publication details
- Journal / source
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Publication date
- 12 January 2026
- Document type
- Preprint