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Description & Citation--Study No. 7489

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:7489
 
Title:Content Analysis of Asian Newspapers: 1962, 1966, 1970, 1972
 
Principal Investigator(s):Nobuo Jo
 
  Nobuo Sasaki
 
  Susumu Yamakage
 
  Hiroaki Yoshii
 
Funding Agency:Science and Technology Agency of Japan.
 
Bibliographic Citation:Jo, Nobuo, Nobuo Sasaki, Susumu Yamakage, and Hiroaki Yoshii. CONTENT ANALYSIS OF ASIAN NEWSPAPERS: 1962, 1966, 1970, 1972 [Computer file]. Compiled by Nubuo Jo (Keio University), Nobuo Sasaki, Susumu Yamakage (Kyoto University), and Hiroaki Yoshii (Institute for Future Technology). ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1976.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study examined the content of news items that appeared in newspapers from Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore during the last three months of 1962, 1966, 1970, and 1972. Included were news items covering domestic events in Japan, relations between Japan and the other three countries, relations between Japan and the rest of the world, domestic events in Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore, their relations among themselves, and their relations with the rest of the world. Further data were collected during 1970 concerning relations between Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore and the following countries: United States, Great Britain, Australia, West Germany, and the Netherlands. Variables document the source and publication date of the news items and outline the structure of the events. The study identifies actors, targets, and issues and provides evaluations of the actors' behavior and their interactions.
 
Subject Term(s):domestic policy, economic policy, foreign policy, international conflict, international relations, mass media, media coverage, national identity, newspapers, social life
 
Geographic Coverage:Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Global
 
Universe:News items published in newspapers from Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore in the last three months of 1962, 1966, 1970, and 1972.
 
Data Type:event/transaction data
 
Data Collection Notes:1)The original documentation also lists NIHON KEIZAI SHINBUN as a source for Japanese news. However, none of the cases in the dataset carries the code for this publication. 2) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Sample:In Indonesia, the INDONESIAN OBSERVER was used in 1962 and the DJAKARTA TIMES in 1966, 1970, and 1972. In Singapore, STRAITS TIMES was used for all years except 1962, when data were collected from the MALAY MAIL. Data on domestic and international events involving Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore were collected on a daily basis. Events reflecting the Southeast Asian countries' relations with the United States, Great Britain, Australia, West Germany, and the Netherlands were only documented for every third day in the last quarter of 1970.
 
Data Source:ASAHI SHINBUN, BANGKOK POST, DJAKARTA TIMES, INDONESIAN OBSERVER, STRAITS TIMES, MALAY MAIL
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-03
 

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