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News on TikTok: An Annotated Dataset of TikTok Videos from German-Speaking News Outlets in 2023

Wedel, Lion; Mayer, Anna-Theresa; Batzner, Jan
GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2819
Abstract: TikTok is developing into a key platform for news, advertising, politics, online shopping, and entertainment in Germany, with over 20 million monthly users. Especially among young people, TikTok plays an increasing role in their information environment. We provide a human-coded dataset of over 4,000 TikTok videos from German-speaking news outlets from 2023. The coding includes descriptive variables of the videos (e.g., visual style, text overlays, and audio presence) and theory-derived concepts from the journalism sciences (e.g., news values). This dataset consists of every second video publi ... more
Availability: Free access (without registration)
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell – Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.de)
Subject area: [Massenkommunikation [=] Informationswissenschaft [=] Sonstiges zu Kommunikationswissenschaften [=] Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und „Schulen“, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Kommunikationswissenschaften]
Topics: journalism | journalist | social media | news | news value theory

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2024-01-01; 2024-01-31
Geographic coverage: [Deutschland / DE [=] Schweiz / CH [=] Österreich / AT]
Universe: Every second video published in 2023 by the most relevant traditional news media accounts on TikTok from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
Sampling Procedure: Non-probability Sample - Purposive Sample
Temporal Research Design: Time series
Mode of Data Collection: Content Analysis

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Wedel, Lion; Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society | Mayer, Anna-Theresa; Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society | Batzner, Jan; Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society | Hendrickx, Jonathan; University of Copenhagen
Publication year: 2025
DOI: 10.7802/2819
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2819
Contributor, Institution, Role: [Iwan, Alexander; Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (Datenerheber/in) [=] Bremer, Emma Sophie; Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (Datenerheber/in) [=] Ohme, Jakob; Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (Projektleitung) [=] Stocker, Volker; Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (Projektleitung)]
Project funder: Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) under grant no. 16DII131 (Weizenbaum-Institut für die vernetzte Gesellschaft - Das Deutsche Internet-Institut)
Publisher: GESIS, Cologne

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2819
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Reference publications

Publications: Dataset paper forthcoming in first half of 2025.

Cite

Wedel, Lion, Mayer, Anna-Theresa, Batzner, Jan, & Hendrickx, Jonathan (2025). News on TikTok: An Annotated Dataset of TikTok Videos from German-Speaking News Outlets in 2023. GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2819.

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