Workshop in Advanced Techniques for Political Communication Research: Content Analysis
In addition to the presentation slides available below, video recordings of the sessions are available via the ELECDEM YouTube channel. To access the videos search 'ELECDEM content' on YouTube.
ELECDEM Content Analysis workshop programme (PDF, 206KB)
Delegate list_Content Analysis workshop (PDF, 82KB)
Content Analysis workshop_Panel member biogs and photos (PDF, 171KB)
Teaching Session One
An introduction to Content Analysis
- Klaus Schönbach, University of Vienna
- No presentation slides were shown
Teaching Session Two
An alternative approach
- Kenneth Benoit, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Quantitative Text Analysis: Applications to Political Science (PDF, 3767KB)
- Practical Text Scaling (PDF, 831KB)
Methods Panel, discussant Wouter van der Brug, University of Amsterdam
Presentations from ELECDEM project researchers
- Zoltan Fazekas, Andre Krouwel and Matthew Wall. “Is it what you say, or how you say it?..Exploring the effects of email messages for online panel surveys.”
- Is it what you say, or how you say it? (PDF, 231KB)
- Paul Weith. “Let Them Guess: The Sensitivity of Political Information Effects to Variations of Question Format”
- The Sensitivity of Political Information Effects (PDF, 203KB)
Teaching Session Three
Web content and research - analysing new media/web based media
- Rachel Gibson, University of Manchester
- Web Content Analysis (PDF, 2390KB)
Party Choice Panel, discussant Sylvia Kritzinger, University of Vienna
Presentations from ELECDEM project researchers
- Agnieszka Walczak. "Long- and Short-Term Determinants of Party Preferences. Analysis of Intergenerational Differences in Western and East Central Europe”
- Presentation slides not available online
- Matthew Wall and Andre Krouwel. “Sealing the deal - Assessing the impact of an online voter advice application on user voting behaviour in the 2010 Dutch legislative elections.”
- Assessing the impact of an online voter advice application (PDF, 640KB)
- Sealing the deal - tables (PDF, 61KB)
- Federico Vegetti. “More choice or more exclusive? Party system polarization and the distribution of party preferences”
- Party system polarization and the distribution of party preferences (PDF, 175KB)
Teaching Session Four
Computer assisted analysis
- Jan Kleinnijenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Slides to follow shortly
- Computer Assisted Analysis_AmCAT worksheet (PDF, 278KB)
Emotions and Public Opinion Panel, discussant Claes de Vreese, University of Amsterdam, ASCoR
Presentations from ELECDEM project researchers
- Danilo di Mauro. “Euro-scepticism: an Issue Based Approach”
- Euro-scepticism: an Issue Based Approach (PDF, 462KB)
- Pieterjan Desmet, Joost van Spanje and Claes de Vreese. “Toning it down: Effects of media and interpersonal communication on EU-evaluation”
- Effects of media and interpersonal communication on EU-evaluations (PDF, 185KB)
- Zsolt Kiss. “Emotions as switch mechanisms between PID and spatial voting. An experimental study”
- Presentation slides not available online
Voter Engagement and Participation Panel, discussant Anne Jadot, Université Nancy 2 / IPAG
Presentations from ELECDEM project researchers
- Steve Schwarzer. “Political socialization as the driving factor for political engagement and political participation”
- Political socialization (PDF, 176KB)
- Marketa Bilska. “Voter Turnout in the 2009 European Elections: Media Coverage and Media Exposure as Explanatory Factors”
- Voter Turnout in the 2009 European Elections (PDF, 350KB)
Candidate and Party Success and Behaviour Panel, discussant Andre Krouwel, Kieskompas
Presentations from ELECDEM project researchers
- Steven Van Hauwaert. “Trans-National Social Diffusion Patterns Between West European Far Right Parties: A Comparative Case Study Analysis”
- Trans-National Social Diffussion Patterns (PDF, 544KB)
- Maarja Luhiste. “What Does it Take to Be Popular: Predictors of Women Candidates’ Visibility in the 2009 European Election Campaign”
- What Does it Take to Be Popular (PDF, 586KB)
- Constanza Sanhueza Petrarca. “Immigrants’ Representation in Brisith and French Parliaments: Do Majority-Minority Districts Influence Parliamentarians’ Activity on Immigration Related Issues”
- Presentation slides not available online
Representation and Responsiveness Panel, discussant Mark Franklin, European University Institute
Presentations from ELECDEM project researchers
- Diana Burlacu. “Ineffective Governance leads to Stronger Government? Public Attitudes, Government Responsibility and the Quality of Governance”
- Presentation slides not available online
- Traci Wilson. “European Parliament Responsiveness”
- Presentation slides not available online
- Kathrin Thomas. “Policy Responsiveness? Evidence for one side of the thermostat”
- Policy Responsiveness? Evidence for one side of the thermostat (PDF, 491KB)
Teaching Session Five
Journal publishing ‘Helpful tips on how to get published in journals’
- Peter Neijens, University of Amsterdam (ASCoR)
- How to get published in journals (PDF, 729KB)
Reading materials circulated in advance of the workshop
Teaching Session Two, An alternative approach