Researchers have difficulties to keep up with the rapid transformation China is undergoing. Often we are lagging behind changes, especially when data collection is time-consuming. I am usually happy to share data for research purposes. Contact me, if you would like to use any of the data sets below.
USCATA
USCATA (United States Computer-aided Text Analysis) includes data on news reporting regarding the United States in two Chinese newspapers: People’s Daily and Beijing Evening News. The time period covers ten constructed weeks in 1999 and ten constructed weeks in 2003. Details regarding sampling and measurement have been published in Appendix D of “Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China” (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2013). Keywords for data coding are listed in USCATA dictionaries, which display Chinese characters embedded in Yoshikoder coding when downloaded to your computer. For use in Yoshikoder simply substitute the file extension “.txt” with “.ykp”. USCATA data documentation includes a memo of problems we encountered during data collection and explains how we solved them. We provide tips for those who intend to use Yoshikoder to analyze Chinese texts.
LLCATA
LLCATA (Labor Law Computer-aided Text Analysis) includes data on news reporting regarding labor law and labor disputes in three newspapers: Chongqing Daily, Chongqing Times, and People’s Daily. The data set covers all articles published between January 1, 2005 and April 26, 2005 mentioning relevant keywords. Details regarding sampling and measurement have been published in Appendix D of “Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China” (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013). Keywords for data coding are listed in LLCATA dictionaries, which display Chinese characters embedded in Yoshikoder coding when downloaded to your computer. For use in Yoshikoder simply substitute the file extension “.txt” with “.ykp”.
BAS 2004 Media Consumption Variables
In the BAS 2004 survey I included measures regarding media consumption. Basic descriptive statistics of individual newspapers are presented in the Online Appendix of “Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China” (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2013).
The BAS (Beijing Area Studies Survey of Beijing Residents) has been conducted annually since 1995 by the Research Center for Contemporary China (RCCC) at Peking University, sampling about 1000 Beijing residents. In 2004 the response rate was 56.1% (n= 617). Sampling was done according to probability proportional to size (PPS), a form of stratified random sampling. Lists of registered Beijing residents (with Hukou) are issued every year, but exclude migrant workers. The polling of the BAS involves lengthy face-to-face interviews with respondents conducted by trained graduate students.
China Regional Media Data, 2007
Aggregate data for all provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions of mainland China sampled in the World Values Survey (WVS) 2007 (n=24). Variables include newspaper credibility, television credibility, advertising income, percentage of internet users, ratio of rural population, ratio of Han Chinese, economic development, and dummy variables for municipality and autonomous regions. For explanations of measurement see Appendix D of “Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China” (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013).
Media and Authoritarianism Data Set, 2001-2009
Panel data, characterized my greater N (38 countries) compared with smaller T (2-7 years) properties. Cases were incorporated when receiving a Freedom House Ranking of partially free or not free (+3 and above) and when included in IREX (n= 132). Countries include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Burina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guinea, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Measurement of variables is laid out in the Codebook.
If you are using any of these data, please cite:
Stockmann, Daniela. Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China, Communication, Society and Politics Series. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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