Googling the US Electoral Cycle, 2004–2016: South African Insights
This article traces Google queries in South Africa over the 2004–2016 period for American presidential frontrunners, eventual winners and incumbents. Within-country differences are also noted in this regard; the data will be broken into geographical concentrations, with the magnitude of each America...
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doaj-3b2df8bc9fe1472c98c4da89cf1a21492021-05-08T12:20:31ZengUniversity of JohannesburgThe Thinker2075-24582616-907X2020-03-01835357Googling the US Electoral Cycle, 2004–2016: South African InsightsBhaso Ndzendze0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-0837University of JohannesburgThis article traces Google queries in South Africa over the 2004–2016 period for American presidential frontrunners, eventual winners and incumbents. Within-country differences are also noted in this regard; the data will be broken into geographical concentrations, with the magnitude of each American candidate’s Google searches ranked by South African provinces. Simultaneous worldwide Google searches will be used as a control group for each search trend per candidate to note whether interest in each candidate was on par, below, or above the global average. Importantly, this is a generative study and as such no proposal of cause-and-effect relations is made in this article. Rather, findings will generate working hypotheses and areas for further study.https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/230/185united statesus electionssouth africagoogle queries |
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Googling the US Electoral Cycle, 2004–2016: South African Insights |
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The Thinker |
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This article traces Google queries in South Africa over the 2004–2016 period for American presidential frontrunners, eventual winners and incumbents. Within-country differences are also noted in this regard; the data will be broken into geographical concentrations, with the magnitude of each American candidate’s Google searches ranked by South African provinces. Simultaneous worldwide Google searches will be used as a control group for each search trend per candidate to note whether interest in each candidate was on par, below, or above the global average. Importantly, this is a generative study and as such no proposal of cause-and-effect relations is made in this article. Rather, findings will generate working hypotheses and areas for further study. |
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