DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis

Basics & Procedures: Variables for Content Analysis

• Correlational linkage analysis (Frequently Applied Designs)

  Laia Castro Herrero, Theresa Gessler, Silvia Majó-Vázquez

  • Castro Herrero, Gessler & Majo-Vazquez Correlation linkage analysis

• First-order linkage analysis (Frequently Applied Designs)

  Laia Castro Herrero, Theresa Gessler, Silvia Majó-Vázquez

  • Castro Herrero, Gessler & Majo-Vazquez First-order linkage analysis

• Eye tracking data (Frequently Applied Designs)

  Sabrina H. Kessler

  • Kessler Eye tracking data

News/Journalism: Variables for Content Analysis

• Iconography of Child Sexual Abuse in the News (Justice and Crime Reporting)

  Roberto Walter, Nicola Döring

  • Döring & Walter Iconography of Child Sexual Abuse in the News

• Format (Formats and Genre)

  Lisa Schwaiger, Daniel Vogler

  • Schwaiger & Vogler Format

• Genre (Formats and Genre)

  Lisa Schwaiger, Daniel Vogler

  • Schwaiger & Vogler Genre

• Formal reporting style (Journalistic Reporting Styles)

  Miriam Steiner

  • Steiner Formal reporting style

• Impartiality (Journalistic Reporting Styles)

  Miriam Steiner

  • Steiner Impartiality

• Soft news/tabloidization (Journalistic Reporting Styles)

  Miriam Steiner

  • Steiner Soft news/tabloidization

• Actor diversity (News Performance)

  Edda Humprecht

  • Humprecht Actor diversity

• Change of perspectives (News Performance)

  Edda Humprecht

  • Humprecht Change of perspectives

• Cause/antecedents/history (News Performance)

  Edda Humprecht

  • Humprecht Cause/antecedents/history

• Critical analysis and comment (News Performance)

  Edda Humprecht

  • Humprecht Critical analysis and comment

• Institutional references (European/Global Public Sphere)

  Dennis Lichtenstein

  • Lichtenstein Institutional references

• Speakers (European/Global Public Sphere)

  Dennis Lichtenstein

  • Lichtenstein EU Speakers

• EU identity frame (European/Global Public Sphere)

  Dennis Lichtenstein

  • Lichtenstein EU identity frame

• Personalization (Election Campaign Coverage)

  Melanie Leidecker-Sandmann

  • Leidecker-Sandmann Personalization

• Horse-race coverage (Election Campaign Coverage)

  Melanie Leidecker-Sandmann

  • Leidecker-Sandmann Horse-race coverage

• Negativity (Election Campaign Coverage)

  Melanie Leidecker-Sandmann

  • Leidecker-Sandmann Negativity

• Visual deductive conflict frame (War Coverage)

  Marc Jungblut

  • Jungblut Visual deductive conflict frame

• Deductive conflict frame (War Coverage)

  Marc Jungblut

  • Jungblut Deductive conflict frame

• Key issue (Terrorism Coverage)

  Liane Rothenberger, Valerie Hase

  • Rothenberger & Hase Key issue

• Sources (Terrorism Coverage)

  Liane Rothenberger, Valerie Hase

  • Rothenberger & Hase Sources

• Labeling of groups and events (Terrorism Coverage)

  Liane Rothenberger, Valerie Hase

  • Rothenberger & Hase Labeling of groups and events

• Sources & actors (Justice and Crime Coverage)

  Franziska Oehmer

  • Oehmer Sources & actors

• Legal area (Justice and Crime Coverage)

  Franziska Oehmer

  • Oehmer Legal area

• Phase of the trial (Justice and Crime Coverage)

  Franziska Oehmer

  • Oehmer Phase of the trial

• Identifying news coverage (Justice and Crime Coverage)

  Franziska Oehmer

  • Oehmer Identifying news coverage

• Prejudgment of the accused (Justice and Crime Coverage)

  Franziska Oehmer

  • Oehmer Prejudgment of the accused

• Nationality (Justice and Crime Coverage)

  Franziska Oehmer

  • Oehmer Nationality

• Scientific evidence/uncertainty (Science and Health Communication)

  Sabrina H. Kessler

  • Kessler Scientific evidence/uncertainty

• Quality (Health Coverage)

  Doreen Reifegerste, Annemarie Wiedicke

  • Reifegerste & Wiedicke Quality

• Inaccuracies and exaggerations (Health Coverage)

  Doreen Reifegerste, Annemarie Wiedicke

  • Reifegerste & Wiedicke Inaccuracies and exaggerations

• Framing responsibility (Health Coverage)

  Doreen Reifegerste, Annemarie Wiedicke

  • Reifegerste & Wiedicke Framing responsibility

• Stigmatization (Health Coverage)

  Doreen Reifegerste, Annemarie Wiedicke

  • Reifegerste & Wiedicke Stigmatization

• Balance (Climate and Environment Coverage)

  Daniela Mahl, Lars Guenther

  • Mahl & Guenther Balance

• Generic frames (Climate and Environment Coverage)

  Daniela Mahl, Lars Guenther

  • Mahl & Guenther Generic frames

• Issue attention (Climate and Environment Coverage)

  Daniela Mahl, Lars Guenther

  • Mahl & Guenther Issue attention

• Internal and external attributions for sporting success and failure (Sports Coverage)

  Catharina Vögele, Markus Schäfer

  • Vögele & Schäfer Internal and external attributions for sporting success and failure

• Assessed refereeing decision (Sports Coverage)

  Catharina Vögele, Markus Schäfer

  • Vögele & Schäfer Assessed refereeing decision

• (Olympic) Sports (Sports Coverage)

  Catharina Vögele, Markus Schäfer

  • Vögele & Schäfer (Olympic) Sports

• Forms of culture (Culture Coverage)

  Maarit Jaakkola

  • Jaakkola Forms of culture

• Journalistic genre (Culture Coverage)

  Maarit Jaakkola

  • Jaakkola Journalistic genre

• Author byline (Culture Coverage)

  Maarit Jaakkola

  • Jaakkola Author byline

• Benefit/risk framing (Technology Coverage)

  Gwendolin Gurr, Julia Metag

  • Gurr & Metag Benefit/risk framing

• Tone (Technology Coverage)

  Gwendolin Gurr, Julia Metag

  • Gurr & Metag Tone

• Representation of actors and sources (Technology Coverage)

  Gwendolin Gurr, Julia Metag

  • Gurr & Metag Representation of actors and sources

• Actors (Media policy/ Meta journalism)

  Stefano Pedrazzi

  • Pedrazzi Actors

• Disclosure of own interest (Media policy/ Meta journalism)

  Stefano Pedrazzi

  • Pedrazzi Disclosure of own interests

• Distance (Media policy/ Meta journalism)

  Stefano Pedrazzi

  • Pedrazzi Distance

Fiction / Entertainment: Variables for Content Analysis

• Actors/characters (Fiction)

  Cordula Nitsch

  • Nitsch Actors/characters

• Political topics (Fiction)

  Cordula Nitsch

  • Nitsch Political topics

• Degree of realism (Fiction)

  Cordula Nitsch

  • Nitsch Degree of realism

• Targets of jokes (Satirical Shows)

  Dennis Lichtenstein, Cordula Nitsch

  • Nitsch & Lichtenstein Target of jokes

• Evaluation of political actors (Satirical Shows)

  Dennis Lichtenstein, Cordula Nitsch

  • Nitsch & Lichtenstein Evaluation of political actors

• Framing of politics (Satirical Shows)

  Dennis Lichtenstein, Cordula Nitsch

  • Nitsch & Lichtenstein Framing of politics

• Violent acts (Video Games)

  Daniel Possler, Tim Wulf, Johannes Breuer

  • Wulf, Possler & Breuer Violent acts

• Video game genre (Video Games)

  Tim Wulf, Daniel Possler, Johannes Breuer

  • Wulf, Possler & Breuer Video game genre

• Sexualization (Video Games)

  Tim Wulf, Daniel Possler, Johannes Breuer

  • Wulf, Possler & Breuer Sexualization

(Professional) Communicators & Organisational/Strategic Communication

• Political issues (Self-Presentation of Political Actors)

  Sina Blassnig

  • Blassnig Political issues

• Populist communication: content and style elements (Self-Presentation of Political Actors)

  Sina Blassnig

  • Blassnig Populist communication: content & style elements

• Negative campaigning (Election Campaigning Communication)

  Desiree Steppat, Laia Castro Herrero

  • Steppat Castro Herrero Negative Campaigning

• Interaction (Election Campaigning Communication)

  Laia Castro Herrero, Desiree Steppat

  • Steppat Castro Herrero Interaction

• Issue salience (Public Diplomacy) (see also theme or media coverage salience)

  Sarah Marschlich

  • Marschlich Issue salience

• Attribute salience (Public Diplomacy) (see also issue attributes)

  Sarah Marschlich

  • Marschlich Attribute salience

• Public diplomacy message strategy (Public Diplomacy) (see also public diplomacy approach)

  Sarah Marschlich

  • Marschlich Public diplomacy message strategy

• Publishers/sources (Disinformation)

  Anna Staender, Edda Humprecht

  • Staender & Humprecht Publishers/sources

• Topics (Disinformation)

  Anna Staender, Edda Humprecht

  • Staender & Humprecht Topics

• Types (Disinformation)

  Anna Staender, Edda Humprecht

  • Staender & Humprecht Types

• Public engagement of scientists (Science Communication)

  Nina Wicke

  • Wicke Public engagement of scientists

• Characteristics of university websites (Science Communication)

  Nina Wicke

  • Wicke Characteristics of university websites

• Dialogical strategies of science communicators (Science Communication)

  Nina Wicke

  • Wicke Dialogical strategies of science communicators

User-Generated Media Content

• Arguments (User Comments/Interactions)

  Teresa K. Naab, Constanze Küchler

  • Naab & Küchler Arguments

• Clarity (User Comments/Interactions)

  Teresa K. Naab, Constanze Küchler

  • Naab & Küchler Clarity

• Number of reply comments (User Comments/Interactions)

  Teresa K. Naab, Constanze Küchler

  • Naab & Küchler Number of reply comments

• Incivility (Hate Speech/Incivility)

  Katharina Esau

  • Esau Incivility

• Impoliteness (Hate Speech/Incivility)

  Katharina Esau

  • Esau Impoliteness

• Hate speech (Hate Speech/Incivility)

  Katharina Esau

  • Esau Hate Speech

• Online Incel Speech (Hate Speech/Incivility)

  M. Rohangis Mohseni, Jessica Grau Chopite

  • Mohseni & Grau Chopite Online Incel Speech

• Theoretical typology of deceptive content (Conspiracy Theories)

  Jing Zeng

  • Zeng Theoretical typology of deceptive content

• Alcohol Portrayals on Social Media (Social Media)

  Nicola Döring, Roberto Walter

  • Döring & Walter Alcohol Portrayals on Social Media

• Visual Gender Stereotypes (Advertisement, Social Media)

  Nicola Döring

  • Döring Visual Gender Stereotypes

• Conceptual Overview (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring & Miller Conceptual Overview

• Violence (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring & Miller Violence

• Degradation (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring & Miller Degradation

• Sex Acts (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring & Miller Sex Acts

• Performer Demographics (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring Visual Performer Demographics

• Performer Bodily Appearance (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring & Miller Performer Bodily Appearance

• Safer Sex Practices (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring & Miller Safer Sex Practices

• Relational Context of Sex (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring & Miller Relational Context of Sex

• Consent Communication (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography)

  Nicola Döring, Dan J. Miller

  • Döring & Miller Consent Communication

• Rationality (Online Discussions/Discussion Quality)

  Dominique Heinbach

  • Heinbach Rationality

• Interactivity/Reciprocity (Online Discussions/Discussion Quality)

  Dominique Heinbach

  • Heinbach Interactivity/Reciprocity

• Explicit civility (Online Discussions/Discussion Quality)

  Dominique Heinbach

  • Heinbach Explicit civility

• Storytelling (Online Discussions/Discussion Quality)

  Dominique Heinbach

  • Heinbach Storytelling

• Inclusivity (Online Discussions/Discussion Quality)

  Dominique Heinbach

  • Heinbach Inclusivity

Variables for Automated Content Analysis

• Frames (Automated Content Analysis)

  Valerie Hase

  • Hase Frames

• Actors (Automated Content Analysis)

  Valerie Hase

  • Hase Actors

• Sentiment/tone (Automated Content Analysis)

  Valerie Hase

  • Hase Sentiment / Tone

• Topics (Automated Content Analysis)

  Valerie Hase

  • Hase Topics