Essays about: "Wordfish"

Found 3 essays containing the word Wordfish.

  1. 1. Political Parties on the Move: Computational Scaling Method Applied to Swedish Parliamentary Debates

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carl-Oscar Källström Ståhlgren; [2022]
    Keywords : Estimation methods; political space; parliamentary speeches; political speech; text analysis; Swedish politics; algorithm; models; word frequency analysis; time series; left-right; Wordfish;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  2. 2. Computational Scaling of Party Cohesion in Social Media: A Case Study on Twitter Campaigns in Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Olivia Baker; [2022]
    Keywords : party cohesion; Brazil; social media; political campaigns; Wordfish; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Sweden Democrats in Political Space : Estimating policy positions using election manifesto content analysis

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Anders Backlund; [2011]
    Keywords : Sweden Democrats; party policy; left-right; content analysis; wordfish; Sverigedemokraterna; partipolicy; vänster-höger; innehållsanalys; wordfish;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE