19. July 2024
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In exploring protest dynamics, Protest Event Analysis (PEA) has proven an indispensable analytic tool. Despite various improvements, PEA faces continuous challenges, notably the reproduction of media-specific selection biases. This research note aims to contribute to the literature seeking to mitigate … Continue reading
19. July 2024
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The opinions of political actors (e.g., politicians, parties, organizations) expressed through claims are the core elements of political debates and decision-making. Political actors communicate through different channels: parties publish manifestos for major elections, while individual actors make statements on a … Continue reading
16. December 2022
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The 2011 policy pivot of the German government, from extending nuclear power plants terms to securing their shutdown for 2022, cannot be explained without looking at how the German political discourse network shifted in the months following Fukushima. This paper … Continue reading
15. March 2022
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Bremens Nachkriegsgeschichte ist reich an Protesten, deren Häufigkeit und thematische Bandbreite seit den 1960er Jahren zugenommen hat. Seitdem sind Proteste zum normalen Bestandteil politischer Partizipation in Bremen geworden.
8. December 2021
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Disenchanted and Confident Critics in Mass Demonstrations This paper analyses the socio-demographic attributes and political attitudes of protesters in Germany. In doing so, the paper studies participation at demonstrations, one of the key forms of non-electoral political participation in Germany … Continue reading
26. November 2021
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Some sort of medical infrastructure has existed in all modern states and dependent territories. However, healthcare systems that provide legal entitlements to medical care at least for specific groups of the population, and that regulate access to and provision of … Continue reading
15. October 2020
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Konturen der weltweiten Protestbewegung Sebastian Haunss & Moritz Sommer (Hg.) Mit Fridays for Future haben die Klimaproteste eine zuvor nie erreichte gesellschaftliche Breite und politische Aufmerksamkeit erlangt. Doch wer beteiligt sich eigentlich an dieser sozialen Bewegung, was motiviert die Menschen … Continue reading
20. July 2020
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This article investigates the integration of machine learning in the political claim annotation workflow with the goal to partially automate the annotation and analysis of large text corpora. It introduces the MARDY annotation environment and presents results from an experiment … Continue reading