The output option Summary in the Query search is one of the three main functions of automatic content analysis in AmCAT. The Summary function is very useful to get a first impression of the content of the debate concerning your topics of interest in the documents.
The Summary function provides the possibility to show all articles from the selected article set(s) that contain one or more of the search terms you entered in the 'Keyword Search string(s)' field. When you select 'Summary' and click on the 'Submit' button below the output options, AmCAT provides you with the number of articles in which one or multiple of your search terms occur, followed by a list of all these documents under 'Found # articles'. Of each article, a number of characteristics is displayed: the title of the article, the date, the number of words, the medium and the context in which your search terms were mentioned in the text (with your search terms displayed in red). Figure 5.1 shows an example of the Summary function with the search terms "obama OR terrorism". As you can see, a total of 541 articles was found including one of these search terms. The first article in the list was published at June 6, 2006 and mentions the word terrorism at least three times (as this word is displayed in red three times in the article preview). When you click on the title of an article in this list, AmCAT shows you the full text article, with the included search terms highlighted in yellow, and some additional article details.
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