The PARTYPRESS Database: A new comparative database of parties’ press releases
Research & Politics, 2023 We present the PARTYPRESS Database, which compiles more than 250,000 published press releases from 68 parties in 9 European countries. The database covers the press releases of the most relevant political parties in these countries from 2010 onward.
Cornelius Erfort +2 more
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Assessing press releases as a data source for spatial research
REGION, 2022 Describing the distribution and development of socio-economic activities in space is frequently limited due to data availability, as official statistical data sources are often restricted to specific topics and geographical scales.
Burcu Ozgun, Tom Broekel
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Using Metadiscourse to Enhance Persuasiveness in Corporate Press Releases: A Corpus-Based Study
SAGE Open, 2021 Previous studies have explored the genre characteristics and persuasive nature of press releases. However, systematic analyses of the metadiscursive devices for persuasive purposes are lacking for corporate press releases.
Shuai Liu, Jingyuan Zhang
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Disclosure of study funding and author conflicts of interest in press releases and the news: a retrospective content analysis with two cohorts. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives To examine how often study funding and author conflicts of interest are stated in science and health press releases and in corresponding news; and whether disclosure in press releases is associated with disclosure in news.
Sumner P +4 more
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Causal overstatements reduced in press releases following academic study of health news. [PDF]
Wellcome Open Res, 2020 Background: Exaggerations in health news were previously found to strongly associate with similar exaggerations in press releases. Moreover such exaggerations did not appear to attract more news.
Bratton L +6 more
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Misrepresentation of randomized controlled trials in press releases and news coverage: a cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS Med, 2012 BackgroundPrevious studies indicate that in published reports, trial results can be distorted by the use of "spin" (specific reporting strategies, intentional or unintentional, emphasizing the beneficial effect of the experimental treatment). We aimed to
Yavchitz A +6 more
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COVID-19 and communication: A sentiment analysis of US state governors' official press releases. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 ObjectivesThis study examines the contents of official communication from United States governors' offices related to the COVID-19 pandemic to assess patterns in communication and to determine if they correlate with trends for COVID cases and deaths ...
Tano M +6 more
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An open dataset of EurekAlert! press releases for science communication research. [PDF]
Sci DataPress releases covering novel scientific developments play an important role in science communication. Their number has increased in the past years, making them a valuable object of quantitative analysis in science communication research.
Zhang J +4 more
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Quality of pharmaceutical industry press releases based on original research. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2008 BACKGROUND: Press releases are a popular vehicle to disseminate health information to the lay media. While the quality of press releases issued by scientific conferences and medical journals has been questioned, no efforts to assess pharmaceutical ...
Kuriya B, Schneid EC, Bell CM.
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Value creation in the metaverse age: a thematic analysis of press releases
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 2023 PurposeSince Zuckerberg's announcement to change Facebook's name to Meta Platforms Inc. on October 28, 2021, the concept of the metaverse has gained unprecedented popularity in the business world.
Giulio Ferrigno +3 more
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