Watch Your Tone

WatchYourTone helps users analyze emotional tone and rhetorical framing in news headlines. Key features include: * Real-time headline sentiment timeline * Double-pass emotion classification * Direct comparison of similar headlines across sources * Summaries highlighting framing differences * Tracking sentiment changes over time This platform gathers headlines from major news outlets such as BBC, CNN, and Fox News, processing each with a dual classification system. One pass identifies any emotion, while a second pass applies a predefined set of emotions. This rigorous approach allows for a granular understanding of how language choice impacts perception and bias. Users can explore how various outlets frame the same story, generate multi-outlet summaries to reveal subtle differences, and track overall sentiment shifts. The interactive interface makes it easy to visualize trends and delve into specific headline breakdowns, demonstrating the emotional composition of news reporting. WatchYourTone is ideal for researchers, journalists, students, and anyone interested in media literacy and critical news consumption. It provides a data-driven lens to understand media bias patterns and the psychological impact of news language, fostering a more informed perspective on current events.