Replication Data for: Newspaper Market Structure and Behavior: Partisan Coverage of Political Scandals in the U.S. from 1870 to 1910 (doi:10.7910/DVN/ECIZHV)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Newspaper Market Structure and Behavior: Partisan Coverage of Political Scandals in the U.S. from 1870 to 1910

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/ECIZHV

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2015-10-21

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Bibliographic Citation:

Song, BK; Fonseca Galvis, Angela; Snyder, James M., 2015, "Replication Data for: Newspaper Market Structure and Behavior: Partisan Coverage of Political Scandals in the U.S. from 1870 to 1910", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ECIZHV, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:bJS3jjvrVpmPJYVHt8UIAg== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Newspaper Market Structure and Behavior: Partisan Coverage of Political Scandals in the U.S. from 1870 to 1910

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/ECIZHV

Authoring Entity:

Song, BK (Hanyang University)

Fonseca Galvis, Angela (Ponticia Universidad Javeriana)

Snyder, James M. (Harvard University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

The Journal of Politics Dataverse

Access Authority:

Song, BK

Depositor:

Song, BK

Date of Deposit:

2015-10-17

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ECIZHV

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, scandals, media bias, newspapers, competition

Abstract:

Replication data and code for "Newspaper Market Structure and Behavior: Partisan Coverage of Political Scandals in the U.S. from 1870 to 1910"

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

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File Description--f2717648

File: scandal_data.tab

Number of cases: 3886
No. of variables per record: 42
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:bJS3jjvrVpmPJYVHt8UIAg==

STATA data file

Variable Description

List of Variables:

year1 - first year of scandal
year2 - last year of scandal
date1 - first date of scandal
date2 - last date of scandal
newspaper - newspaper name
state_n - state (newspaper)
city_n - city (newspaper)
county_n - county (newspaper)
fips - state/county fipscode
party_n - party (newspaper)
party_n_int - Newspapers by Party
freq - Newspaper Frequency
name - name of politician
office - office of politician
office_type - Scandals by Geographical Scope
state_s - state (politician)
party_s - party (politician)
party_s_int - Politicians' Political Affiliation
hits_scandal - scandal hits
hits_null - total hits
hits_scandal_null - Scandal Hits/Total Hits
hits_scandal_rel - relative Hits
opp - Opposition Party
own - Own Party
all - Overall Bias
num_tot - Number of Newspapers
num_tot2 - Number of Newspapers (Truncated)
log_num - Log Newspapers
in_region - In-Region Scandal
in_state - In-State Scandal
national - National Scandal
urban1 - Share of Population Living in Cities 2.5K+
urban2 - Share of Population Living in Cities 25K+
white - Share of Population that is White
male21 - Share of Population that is Male and over 21
lmoutput - Log per Capita Manufacturing Output
lmwage - Log Average Annual Wages in Manufacturing
ltotpop - Log Population
i_opp_vs - Voter Partisanship
dvs - democratic share of two-party vote
scandal
year - Year

Variables

first year of scandal

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1910.0; StDev 12.542318274283653; Mean 1885.2339166237775; Valid 3886.0; Min. 1870.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:recmHtEG6Wz8ICogqU2oSg==

last year of scandal

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1885.8131755018014; Valid 3886.0; Max. 1912.0; Min. 1870.0; StDev 12.639363299278347;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:+BBp8MmpvrHRxw7m0/dllA==

first date of scandal

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:6eco2axbhu/NWVOxgjApSg==

last date of scandal

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:O0oR2MoEP/xK400xr8ntcA==

newspaper name

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:buNoKI+QqcG+Jq3a2cTeMA==

state (newspaper)

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:UwBR3svhchFcNVajglFiuA==

city (newspaper)

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:gFHY1lTIDene59JLjJg9Qg==

county (newspaper)

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Hynm9lXml9u6Dz5V9O3WgA==

state/county fipscode

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 56001.0; Valid 3886.0; StDev 13939.807615293003; Min. 1073.0; Mean 29895.365414307762;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:R3O5CKiCAk7NZQ8Y4+ExsA==

party (newspaper)

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:J5U9lGRwoFawNV7b5UxL6g==

Newspapers by Party

f2717648 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
2.	Republican
1.	Democratic
3.	Independent

Summary Statistics: Valid 3886.0; Mean 1.8332475553268144; StDev 0.6802877004853125; Max. 3.0; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SjCsAN+DpsFDVUQsaSh6Rg==

Newspaper Frequency

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.6789543687016518; Valid 3886.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4098710363607917; Min. 0.1428571492433548;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Va57kIBL56YWHu8orhNwHw==

name of politician

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:cQj6bpkRMVYAtZBJCvwPHA==

office of politician

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:+TR76XKJcoAXrWhagX6hTA==

Scandals by Geographical Scope

f2717648 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
2.	State
1.	National
3.	Local

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 3886.0; Max. 3.0; StDev 0.6049965683362735; Mean 2.382655687081838

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GNgV50CMEXFhagrEx4u7Dg==

state (politician)

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:QI/hNvBR5lQ3uGY5QRD8XA==

party (politician)

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:pxRxjbFtNN8Nooby9CQJZQ==

Politicians' Political Affiliation

f2717648 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
1.	Democratic
2.	Republican

Summary Statistics: Valid 3886.0; Max. 2.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 0.4837670440071452; Mean 1.6266083376222362;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:AZg9+BThEszkKPaeQlHtnQ==

scandal hits

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 182.0; StDev 9.013497963744609; Valid 3886.0; Mean 3.344570252187319

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:hhYIDr02OV/W4s2cmhZHzQ==

total hits

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 97.0; Mean 21862.726711271174; Max. 670624.0; Valid 3886.0; StDev 42675.50725061738

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:w3FKQfMwZ2e76yuqJTIlAw==

Scandal Hits/Total Hits

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.7308177553940354; Min. 0.0; Max. 96.40103149414062; StDev 6.789996472980366; Valid 3886.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7n0tcCKLuuvvcXzPHUbB8A==

relative Hits

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 5.31658340217182; Min. -19.161758422851562; Max. 79.9645004272461; Mean -0.081279236381744; Valid 3886.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:pp0vsFGLRFwul45vn98gAw==

Opposition Party

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.48508516621101033; Mean 0.3785383427689143; Valid 3886.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:BIEOHMLAhsQtluwB5Ri1uw==

Own Party

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.45959855892949053; Max. 1.0; Valid 3886.0; StDev 0.4984291860188507

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:su/Q/y4OUtpL0PK7sDm1Mw==

Overall Bias

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3886.0; Max. 1.0; Min. -1.0; Mean -0.08106021616057613; StDev 0.9120198399122946

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Bhpqn/E/H8o8KodEpgZ1kw==

Number of Newspapers

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Mean 4.202856408095641; StDev 2.4052717777227057; Valid 3886.0; Max. 10.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:KLr+W45QfPudhNudvsP1eg==

Number of Newspapers (Truncated)

f2717648 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
5.	5
1.	1
4.	4
3.	3
6.	6 to 10
2.	2

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 3886.0; Mean 3.744467318579517; Max. 6.0; StDev 1.8210308681461398

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:321dlFANy82ujSVTSlUDJw==

Log Newspapers

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.6512570703728486; Min. 0.0; Valid 3886.0; Mean 1.2461935761650687; Max. 2.3025851249694824;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:cFDLjlnsb+E2NEGs08ybEg==

In-Region Scandal

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.11837364899639803; Min. 0.0; Valid 3886.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.3230916137141568

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:JHmQU6GwnmeC5GmLB07PHw==

In-State Scandal

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.021616057642820413; Valid 3886.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.14544499785938614; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:g6+rkb4REni9ejz23yzj3A==

National Scandal

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.06484817292845883; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.2462894575314311; Valid 3886.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8qP+3M5gYhHkjTgWGARIAg==

Share of Population Living in Cities 2.5K+

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.4813987445944228; Min. 0.0; Valid 3886.0; StDev 0.2883577257747349

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:+8jrcDPnsQjeVuGPT1oO8w==

Share of Population Living in Cities 25K+

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.32227604360207174; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 3886.0; Mean 0.2664424837722692;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:pdPImKs5vJmg4QzFKa1L/Q==

Share of Population that is White

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.18012767616926553; Valid 3886.0; Min. 0.27229735255241394; Mean 0.8805085236855652; Max. 0.999512791633606;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bb3Yzl7lcomt93aIUALc9g==

Share of Population that is Male and over 21

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 0.7524194121360779; Valid 3886.0; Min. 0.14817166328430176; StDev 0.06674528080850778; Mean 0.29193207754634176

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bs/ppF4iQGao40csgYY27g==

Log per Capita Manufacturing Output

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3886.0; Min. 0.6049377918243408; StDev 1.039759503664058; Max. 6.621710300445557; Mean 4.528770633919978

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:i3af+UF4RJKOsO1p4hQzVw==

Log Average Annual Wages in Manufacturing

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 5.75808384390265; Min. 3.8719491958618164; Max. 6.876202583312988; StDev 0.4082657919042434; Valid 3886.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3QXm4nAY/NfDyaofKfwEbw==

Log Population

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 12.958320617675781; StDev 1.0897037929773947; Min. 6.981934547424316; Mean 10.677020998879676; Valid 3886.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:rCK8BEgpS5ZBUxt9CqdbQg==

Voter Partisanship

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 0.9803304672241211; Min. 0.022066950798034668; StDev 0.1542353067156236; Mean 0.49012133965380306; Valid 3472.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:MWOLwzn21cYbd6SDWMHDAg==

democratic share of two-party vote

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.1544569808879106; Max. 0.9803304672241211; Valid 3472.0; Min. 0.07274115830659866; Mean 0.49459828332298306

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6t630C2uX0VHDjBJ1ALhhQ==

scandal

f2717648 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:o7ld+wnom9uECFPYOMGe/Q==

Year

f2717648 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 12.54231831819157; Valid 3886.0; Mean 0.7441798604399579; Min. -14.489736557006836; Max. 25.510263442993164

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gOE9P4tVb9AgxTD8ulzu6g==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

scandal_code.do

Text:

STATA do file

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax