Swedish online news articles 2014-2015 - News content dataset
https://doi.org/10.5878/002853
The study contains news articles which have been shared on Facebook and Twitter over time.
Purpose:
To study what news articles are shared on Facebook and Twitter over time.
This dataset contains 953,069 news articles (title, URL, social shares) from the 12 largest Swedish news sites during 20 months, from February 2014 to October 2015.
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Research principal:
Citation:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Time method:
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
All news articles (news, editorials, debate articles, culture articles) from the news sites RSS feeds were included. Sports and entertainment were excluded. Custom software was used.
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
20
Data format/data structure:
Data collection - Other
Data collection - Other
Mode of collection:
Other
Time period(s) for data collection:
2014-02-08 - 2015-10-01
Source of the data:
- Communications: Public
- Communications
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG)
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
CESSDA Topic Classification:
Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:
Metadata
Metadata
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