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Protest Event Analysis and
Related TopicsUsing Newspaper Data for
Qualitative Content Analysis
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What is Protest Event Analysis
Standard method for studying protests
Uses newspaper reports as source of data
Research available on the limitations Fairly standard coding schemes
Can examine protest campaigns over time
Can examine other features of the events
Special methods for quantitative analysis
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Choosing Data Source(s)
Need a thorough, contemporaneous source
Tilly originally used historical annual reports
Then adapted to using newspapers
Start with reliable newspaper of record
Can use multiple newspapers to reduce bias
Method is very labor-intensive but powerful
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Selecting Data from Source
First studies used New York Times INDEX
printed volumes available in libraries by year
easy to search, but limited information
Then began full searches of newspapers
more complete information
very labor-intensive
can use index to check, help locate articles
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Unit is EVENT, not Article
One Article
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
One EventArticle 1
Article 2
Article 3
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Getting from Articles to Events
Organize the material by timeWork with a block of time (3-6 months)
Sort the articles into events, chronologically
Single event and single article Single event and multiple articles
Multiple events in single article
Summarize by hand as needed
Enter data one record per EVENT
record # articles per event
enter event summary plus other data needed
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Using Multiple Sources
Make one database for all sources, events
Have one record for each event
Have a yes/no field for each newspaper
Record whether event is reported in each source
This provides most complete event count Permits comparison of different sources
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Simple Visual Data Analysis
Plot the frequency of events over time
requires collapsing into larger time units
Build week, month, year codes in sorted query
Export to Excel and play with charts
Relate peaks in data to known events
Relate qualitative changes to time periodsDo fancier statistics after you do the basics
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Newspaper Coverage Analysis
Can use similar methods to examine
newspaper coverage directly (not events)
collect newspaper articles over a time period
code article type and aspects of the content
code information on newspaper source
Newspapers provide contemporaneous
account, so used for time-based analysis
Use to examine moral panics, changes in
awareness or attitudes, etc. over time
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Can You Sample?
Newspapers can produce too much data
You can devise a sample that fits the issue
random sampling doesnt work well
usually need saturation to make the argument
can sample by time periods, with care
Be careful about sampling too narrowly
Do not use preconceived ideas to limit sample
Check potential data and then set parameters
Collect broadly, then sample for coding