Sökning: "wordfish"
Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade ordet wordfish.
1. Political Parties on the Move: Computational Scaling Method Applied to Swedish Parliamentary Debates
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Over the years, a variety of methods have been used in order toestimate policy positions for political parties in national parliaments. This papersets out to apply a novel computational method called Wordfish and apply it to aheavily under-researched form of political text, parliamentary speeches. LÄS MER
2. Computational Scaling of Party Cohesion in Social Media: A Case Study on Twitter Campaigns in Brazil
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis explores party cohesion in politicians’ social media campaigns in the context of Brazil. It highlights the importance of studying the interaction between digitalisation of political communication and the party system in developing democracies. Brazil makes an interesting case as it is known for its exceptionally unstable party system. LÄS MER
3. The Sweden Democrats in Political Space : Estimating policy positions using election manifesto content analysis
Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaperSammanfattning : In the Swedish general elections of 2010, the party the Sweden Democrats for the first time entered the parliament. In an election otherwise characterised by competition between two explicit political blocs, the Sweden Democrats profiled itself as a party free from ideological blinders, ready to represent the will of the people. LÄS MER
