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dc.contributor.authorCamargo, CQ
dc.contributor.authorJohn, P
dc.contributor.authorMargetts, HZ
dc.contributor.authorHale, SA
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-06T10:35:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-18
dc.date.updated2022-06-06T09:32:15Z
dc.description.abstractRecent election surprises, regime changes, and political shocks indicate that political agendas have become more fast-moving and volatile. The ability to measure the complex dynamics of agenda change and capture the nature and extent of volatility in political systems is therefore more crucial than ever before. This study proposes a definition and operationalization of volatility that combines insights from political science, communications, information theory, and computational techniques. The proposed measures of fractionalization and agenda change encompass the shifting salience of issues in the agenda as a whole and allow the study of agendas across different domains. We evaluate these metrics and compare them to other measures such as issue-level survival rates and the Pedersen Index, which uses public-opinion poll data to measure public agendas, as well as traditional media content to measure media agendas in the UK and Germany. We show how these measures complement existing approaches and could be employed in future agenda-setting research.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipVolkswagen Foundationen_GB
dc.format.extent493-516
dc.format.mediumElectronic-eCollection
dc.identifier.citationVol. 85(2), pp. 493-516en_GB
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfab032
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/N510129/1en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumber92 136en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/129842
dc.identifierORCID: 0000-0002-2947-765X (Camargo, Chico Q)
dc.identifierScopusID: 57200859859 (Camargo, Chico Q)
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherOxford University Press (OUP) / American Association for Public Opinion Researchen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690575en_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://github.com/euagendas/POLVOLen_GB
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of American Association for Public Opinion Research. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_GB
dc.titleMeasuring the Volatility of the Political agenda in Public Opinion and News Mediaen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2022-06-06T10:35:03Z
dc.identifier.issn0033-362X
exeter.place-of-publicationUnited States
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from Oxford University Press via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.descriptionData Availability Statement: Replication data and documentation are available at: https://github.com/euagendas/POLVOLen_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1537-5331
dc.identifier.journalPublic Opinion Quarterlyen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofPublic Opin Q, 85(2)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2021
dc.rights.licenseCC BY
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_GB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-09-18
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2022-06-06T10:31:55Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2022-06-06T10:35:21Z
refterms.panelBen_GB
refterms.dateFirstOnline2021-09-18


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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of American Association for Public Opinion Research.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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