# A Computational Framework for Modelling Organisation-Level Semantic Identity from Longitudinal Textual Data

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.29584 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.29584/

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- First posted on arXiv 27 Aug 2026.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

Can longitudinal texts produced by organisationally affiliated contributors reveal collective semantic differentiation and change without obscuring differences among those contributors? We develop a computational social science framework that combines established semantic and graph measures into interpretable organisational fingerprints and temporal profiles. We use organisation-level semantic identity to describe a corpus-dependent interpretation of recurring and changing features of affiliated textual output, rather than corporate culture or managerial intention. Drawing on an inherited semantic landscape, we examine 1,289 songs by 126 artists affiliated with four K-pop entertainment companies between 1997 and 2023. The evidence for differentiation is selective. After correction, all three novelty-related measures show artist-level differences, whereas the diversity and connectivity measures tested do not; only two company--community enrichments remain significant. Temporal trajectories reveal further distinctions between portfolios. Artist-grouped balanced accuracy reaches 0.334 against a chance baseline of 0.25, providing modest supporting evidence of affiliation-related signal rather than independent validation of identity. Robustness analyses support the presence of continuous semantic structure more strongly than precise rankings. Together, these findings show how collective regularities can coexist with shared content, contributor heterogeneity and change over time, while leaving cross-domain generality and broader organisational construct validity unresolved.
