Using machine-coded event data for the micro-level study of political violence
Machine-coded datasets likely represent the future of event data analysis. We assess the use of one of these datasets—Global Database of Events, Language and Tone (GDELT)—for the micro-level study of political violence by comparing it to two hand-coded conflict event datasets. Our findings indicate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-07-01
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Series: | Research & Politics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014539924 |