We present the results of a 2014 survey of Canadian parliamentarians, journalists and bloggers in which respondents were asked to rank competing definitions of open government. Overall, respondents preferred to define open government in terms of …
This talk presents the findings on the ambiguous definition of open government.
Yesterday, I showed some data that showed that Rob Ford was very popular among visible minorities, which cast some doubt on the narrative that right-wing populism always thrives on xenophobia. Usually, scholars and commentators divide explanations for support for populism into an economics and values dichotomy. The economic story usually emphasizes the role that stagnating wages or an eroded welfare state play in generating frustration, anger or anxiety at the loss of class standing that leads to populism.
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party is putting on quite a show these days. As a side project, a colleague and I decided to capture the tweets to the dominant hashtags #pcpo and #pcpoldr, for history’s sake. Neither of us are experts at sentiment analysis; but we have done a little bit and this is just too juicy.
One note: I made a first stab at getting tweets using the twitteR package; but this proved to be less than optimal because it does not download full tweets with more than 140 characters.
One of my major research interests is the field of political communication and public opinion. I have used both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the influence of patterns of communication on political outcomes.