Research data

Comparative Election Study 1990: Media Reporting

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2656 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2656
Abstract: Analysis of reporting in selected media before the national parliament elections in the Federal Republic. Topics: Coded recording of articles in print media as well as in electronic media according to their political topics (political agenda) and central aspects; evaluation of political actors and their presence with personal statements; degree of attention by the media and journalist style; occasion of reporting; problem intensity and type of problem; conflict party and conflict intensity; relevance to German unification and the election campaign; regional relevance; originator of evaluation; ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 04.1990 - 12.1990
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Sample of articles in the daily newspapers Welt, FAZ, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Tageszeitung, Bild-Zeitung, Berliner Zeitung, Leipziger Volkszeitung and Ostsee-Zeitung every third weekday. Each edition of Der Spiegel, Die Zeit. BPA basis service. Television reporting: news broadcasts: Tagesschau, Tagesthemen, heute, heute-journal ... more
Number of Units: 117325
Sampling Procedure: • Non-probability: Purposive; Sample of articles in the daily newspapers Welt, FAZ, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Tageszeitung, Bild-Zeitung, Berliner Zeitung, Leipziger Volkszeitung and Ostsee-Zeitung every third weekday. Each edition of Der Spiegel, Die Zeit. Representative for regional press every third weekday (1 day after dail ... more
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Media unit: Text
Mode of Data Collection: • Content coding; Content analysis
Data Collector: ZUMA, Mannheim
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 52
Notes: This study is part of the project "Comparative Election Study 1990", which on the other hand is part of the international project network "Comparative National Election Project (CNEP)". ZA Study Nos. 2517 to 2522 are archived on the German project. The dates specified under survey period refer to the time period of the media articles processed by c ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Kaase, Max - Universität Mannheim, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES) | Klingemann, Hans-Dieter - Universität Mannheim, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES) | Küchler, Manfred - Universität Mannheim, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES) | Pappi, Franz U. - Universität Mannheim, Mannhe ... more
Publication year: 1995
DOI: 10.4232/1.2656
Study number: ZA2656
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ Wahlen bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2656
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: Lang, Matthias; Meffert, Michael; Schrott, Peter: Projekt "Vergleichende Wahlstudie 1990": Medienberichterstattung. Mannheim: ZUMA, Technischer Bericht Nr. T 93/05, 1993. | Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger: Politische Kommunikation und Wählerverhalten: Ein internationaler Vergleich. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag 2000.
Study group:
Vergleichende Wahlstudie 1990 | show all hits of the group
Recording the communication processes between the political system and the voter. Political attitudes; media usage; judgement on parties and politicians.

Deutsche Bundestagswahlstudien | show all hits of the group
The data base consists of one-off surveys, panel surveys, and cumulated surveys. It comprises representative polls for all German federal elections since 1949.
Further studies are listed under GLES (German Longitudinal Election Study).


GESIS Community Data | show all hits of the group
GESIS Community Data contains German and international research data that have been specially prepared for secondary analysis and academic teaching. These are studies that have been donated to GESIS by the scientific community and are processed by us in the spirit of open science. The collection constantly expands and contains data from six decades ... more

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Kaase, Max, Klingemann, Hans-Dieter, Küchler, Manfred, & Pappi, Franz U. (1995). Comparative Election Study 1990: Media Reporting. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2656 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2656.

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