This is a list of variables from the Global Digital Activism Data Set (CC-Attribution license) of the Meta-Activism Project.

The Global Digital Activism Data Set (GDADS) will be a coded list of digital activism cases from around the world, created as an open resource to scholars. There are currently 1,200+ digital activism cases in the event list from over 140 countries going back to 1982. About 250 of these cases have been coded so far.

Click the following link to download the entire codebook (PDF). Click here to learn more about the project: http://www.meta-activism.org/data-set.


Codebook:
Global Digital Activism Data Set (GDADS)
The Meta-Activism Project
__http://www.meta-activism.org/__

Project Manager : Mary Joyce
(Mary@meta-activism.org)

Research Coordinator : António Rosas
(Antonio@meta-activism.org)

Coders : Marietta Le, Amanda Lloyd, Joseph Mornin, Anas Qtiesh,

Project Advisors and Partners : Philip N. Howard, Christopher Bail, Chris Evans


Draft #24
Date of this version: 22/7/2011
__https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PGTXAfFaoNTLb5GFrxwDzvTwXNdIYb1GVV65-WQEpBA/edit?hl=pt_BR&pli=1#__
This is a draft of the GDADS Codebook. It is a working document used by the Codebook Group until a first consolidated version is achieved.



Summary of Variables

Case Descriptors

Case Meta-Data

• CASEID – Case ID Number.
• CODER – Coder´s Name.
• SECODER - Second Coder´s Name.
• TITLE – Title of the Case.
• SOURCELM – Legacy Media Source.
• SOURCENM - New Media Source.
• SOURCEJO - Journal Source.
• SOURCEBK - Book Source.
• SOURCEOTH - Other Sources.

Time Data

• BYEAR - Year When Digital Action Began.
• BMONTH - Month When Digital Action Began.
• DURATION – Approximate Duration of Digital Action.

Actor Data

• AGE - Age Estimate of Initiator(s) of Digital Action.
• INIACT - Initiator(s) of Digital Action.
• IDENTIACT - Initiator(s) of Digital Action (Textual Description).
• TARGACT1 - Target of the Digital Action.
• TARGACT2 - Other Target of Digital Action.
• TARGAUD1 - Audience Targeted by Digital Action.
• TARGAUD2 - Other Audience Targeted by Digital Action.
• ONOFF - Only Online or Online/Offline Action.

Geographic Data

• SCOPE - Geographic Scope of Digital Action.
• REGCODE – Geographic Region Code.
• POLREGCODE - Politically/Economically Defined Region or Institution
• CNTRY1– Country Targeted by Digital Action.
• CNTRY2 – Other Country Targeted by Digital Action.
• CNTRY3 – Other Country Targeted by Digital Action.
• CNTRY4 – Other Country Targeted by Digital Action.
• ICNTRY1 – Country of the Initiator(s) of the Digital Action.
• ICNTRY2 – Country of the Other Initiator(s) of the Digital Action.

Applications Data

• APP -One or Several Applications Used.
• SITE – Website Used.
• BLOG – Blog Used.
• MSN – Mobile-Based Social Network Used.
• ISN – Internet-Based Social Network Used.
• VID– Digital Video Used.
• FOTO – Digital Photo Used.
• EMAIL – Email Used.
• FORUM - Internet Forum Used.
• EPET – e-Petition Used.
• CHAT – Chat or Instant Messaging Used.
• MOBAPP – Mobile Application Used.
• GAME – Game Used.
• MAP – Digital Map Used.
• WIKI – Wiki Used.
• VOICE – Digital Voice Application Used.
• ANON – Circumvention Tool Used.
• OTHAPPID1 – Other Application Used (Textual Description).
• OTHAPPID2 - Other Application Used (Textual Description).
• DOCPURP - Document Purpose.
• BYPURP - Bypass Purpose.
• SYNTHPURP - Synthesis Purpose.
• TRANSPURP - Resource Transfer Purposes.
• COPURP - Co-Creation Purpose.
• MOBPURP - Mobilization Purpose.
• BROADPURP - Broadcast Purpose.
• NETPURP - Network-Building Purpose.
• VIOLPURP - Technical Violence Purpose.
• OTHPURP – Other Purpose(s).
• OTHPURPID1 – Identify Other Purpose(Textual Description).
• OTHPURPID2 – Identify Other Purpose(Textual Description)

Framing and Strategy Data

• DIAGPROB - Problem(s) Diagnosis (Textual Description).
• DIAGCAUS - Cause(s) Diagnosis (Textual Description).
• DIAGANT - Antagonist(s) Diagnosis (Textual Description).
• PROALT - Alternative(s) Prognosis (Textual Description).
• PROPROG - Protagonist(s) Prognosis (Textual Description).
• MOTFRA - Motivational Frame(s) (Textual Description).
• CAUSE1 - Cause Advanced or Defended in Digital Action.
• CAUSE2 – Other Cause Advanced or Defended in Digital Action.
• CAUSE3 – Other Cause Advanced or Defended in Digital Action.
• OTHCAUSEID1 – Other Cause (Textual Description).
• OTHCAUSEID2 – Other Cause (Textual Description).
• OUTCOME - Outcome of Digital Action.
• OUTCOMEID - Identify Outcome (Textual Description).
• OUTDEM - Democratic Outcome(s).
• OUTDEMID1 - Identify Democratic Outcome (Textual Description).
• OUTDEMID2 - Identify Democratic Outcome (Textual Description).

Country-Level Indicators

• GDPPC – GDP per Capita.
• GDPPCY – Data Year for GDP per Capita.
• GINI – Gini Coefficient of Wealth Distribution.
• GINIY – Data Year for Gini Coefficient of Wealth Distribution.
• POP – Total Population.
• POPY – Data Year for Total Population.
• YPOP – Youth Population Percentage.
• YPOPY – Data Year for Youth Population Percentage.
• POLPOL4 – Polity 4 Score for Political Regime Type.
• POLPOL4Y – Data Year for Polity 4 Score for Political Regime Type.
• POLDUR4 - Polity 4 Score for Regime Durability.
• POLDUR4Y - Data Year for Polity 4 Score for Regime Durability.
• WVSTS – World Values Survey “Traditional/Secular” Score.
• WVSTSY – Data Year for World Values Survey “Traditional/Secular” Score.
• WVSSSEV – World Values Survey “Survival/Self-Expression Values” Score.
• WVSSSEVY – Data Year for World Values Survey “Survival/Self-Expression Values” Score.
• FHFR - Freedom House Combined Freedom Score.
• FHFRY - Data Year for Freedom House Combined Freedom Score.
• FHPR - Freedom House Press Rating.
• FHPRY - Data Year for Freedom House Press Rating.
• TOOLFILT - Tool Filtering.
• TOOLFILTY - Data Year for Tool Filtering.
• POLFILT - Political Filtering.
• POLFILTY - Data Year for Political Filtering.
• MOB – Mobile Penetration Rate.
• MOBY – Data Year for Mobile Penetration Rate.
• NET - Internet Subscriber Penetration Rate.
• NETY - Data Year for Internet Subscriber Penetration Rate.
• UDS - Unified Democracy Scores (Means of Means per Country)
• UDSY - Data Year forUnified Democracy Scores (Means of Means per Country)
• HDI - United Nations Human Development Index
• HDIY - Data Year for United Nations Human Development Index