2011
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edq048
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Measuring the Public Agenda using Search Engine Queries

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“…This peak is during the same time that the online interest for the terms 'Measles', 'Mumps', 'Rubella', and 'MMR' also peaks (Figure 1). Overall, as depicted in Figure 6, the online interest for the term 'Anti Vaccine' has significantly increased over the past 13 Vaccine' were not observed, which could be attributed to the time gap for the suggested age between the 1st and 2nd dose of the Measles vaccine. Figure 7 depicts the monthly normalized (measured in a scale from 0 to 100) Google Trends' data in the English term 'Measles' (blue) and its respective translations (red) in all EU28 countries from January 2004 to August 2017 (independent searches, not comparisons).…”
Section: Worldwide Online Interestmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This peak is during the same time that the online interest for the terms 'Measles', 'Mumps', 'Rubella', and 'MMR' also peaks (Figure 1). Overall, as depicted in Figure 6, the online interest for the term 'Anti Vaccine' has significantly increased over the past 13 Vaccine' were not observed, which could be attributed to the time gap for the suggested age between the 1st and 2nd dose of the Measles vaccine. Figure 7 depicts the monthly normalized (measured in a scale from 0 to 100) Google Trends' data in the English term 'Measles' (blue) and its respective translations (red) in all EU28 countries from January 2004 to August 2017 (independent searches, not comparisons).…”
Section: Worldwide Online Interestmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In particular, the number of scientific publications including Google Trends data has grown steadily in the areas of epidemiology and public health (Nuti et al, 2014). Some public opinion scholars have pioneered the use of Google Trends as a 'salience' barometer (Scharkow & Vogelsgang, 2011;Scheitle, 2011). Yet, so far the application of this tool in political and public communication research has been much more limited than in other fields.…”
Section: Google Trends: Opportunities and Drawbacksmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As such, collecting data on Google rather than Yahoo or Bing 4 searches yields the largest cross-section to the Internet-using population. Second, the vast majority of social scientists, and scientists in other disciplines such as epidemiology, utilizing search-based measures of public attention have used Google Insights, further validating the data studies (Granka 2013;Mellon 2013;Reilly, Richey, and Taylor 2012;Scharkow and Vogelgesang 2011;Scheitle 2011;Gruszczynski and Wagner 2010;Ayers, Rubisl, and Brownstein 2011;Askitas and Zimmermann 2009;Pelat et al 2009;Koehler-Derrick 2013;Mccallum and Bury 2013;Ragas and Tran 2013;Zheluk et al 2013). Finally, we decided to use Google Trends because it is freely available and easy to access, enhancing the ability of future researchers to replicate and expand upon this research.…”
Section: Explanatory Variable -Public Attentionmentioning
confidence: 99%