PolShares: News Media Domains Tweeted by members of the 116th US...

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News Media Domains Tweeted by members of the 116th US Congress and other political actors (2016-2021)

Description

The counts of news media links tweeted or retweeted by members of the 116th US Congress and other political actors.

name

name of politician or political actors

role

political role of politician (or organization) {"House", "Senate", "Governor", "Politician-Other", "Delegate", "Other"}

nominate_name

name of members of Congress as specified by voteview.com

party

political party of a politician (or organization) {"Democrat", "Republican", "Independent"}

affiliation

political party a politician (or organization) is affiliated with {"Democrat", "Republican"}

group

Democrat = 1, Republican = 2

nominate

Nominate score of members of Congress (voteview.com)

remaining variables

remaining variables indicate the count for news shared to each news media domain

Usage

data(PolShares)

Format

A data frame with 641 rows and 190 variables


SMAPPNYU/mediascores documentation built on June 28, 2024, 8:17 a.m.