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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jesse Hammond, Nils B Weidmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-07-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014539924