Media Coverage Analysis of Female Gubernatorial Candidates in Mexico, 2021

A database supporting academic articles analyzing news coverage of female gubernatorial candidates during Mexico's 2021 election campaigns. The dataset is 630.0 KB in size, stored in an XLSX file, and was created by Edrei Álvarez-Monsiváis. It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Analyzing media framing of female political candidates based on the described 'issue and strategic game frames'.
• Studying gender bias in political journalism during the 2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections.
• Comparing media representation of female versus male candidates in electoral campaigns.
• Training models to identify and classify frames in political news coverage.

Strengths

• Dataset is directly linked to multiple peer-reviewed publications (Q2 and Q3 journals), indicating academic rigor.
• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for reuse and redistribution.
• File size is 630.0 KB, making it quick to download and inspect.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled from content analysis of news media sources, as inferred from the description of 'news coverage' and 'frames'.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 07:18:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mexico