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Texts as Data IV: Web Crawling, Content and Link Analyses

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This chapter presents a methodological approach that combines computer-assisted webcrawling for Internet data collection with comparative quantitative content analyses and link analyses based on a classification of links that aims to capture the varying potential for their commercialization. This combination was specifically devised for a regulatory compliance assessment and used for controlling the compliance of the Swiss public service broadcaster (SRG) with legal rules that constrict the provision of certain online content and linking practices.

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  • Just, N., Latzer, M., & Saurwein, F. (2012a). Public service broadcasting put to test: Ex post control of online services. International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, 8(1), 51–65.

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  • Latzer, M., Braendle, A., Just, N., & Saurwein, F. (2010). Public-Service broadcasting online: Assessing compliance with regulatory requirements. International Telecommunications Policy Review, 17(2), 1–25.

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  1. Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Natascha Just

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  1. Department of Communication, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA

    Hilde Van den Bulck

  2. Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Manuel Puppis

  3. Department of Communication Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Karen Donders

  4. Department of Communication Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Leo Van Audenhove

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Just, N. (2019). Texts as Data IV: Web Crawling, Content and Link Analyses. In: Van den Bulck, H., Puppis, M., Donders, K., Van Audenhove, L. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16065-4_17

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