COVID Diaries Part II: U.S. Media Vaccine Coverage, Dec 2020 to Sep 2021
by Moore, Avalon S. / QDR Harvested Dataverse·Updated 1mo ago
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Description
December 2020 to September 2021, this dataset contains 5,383 unique publication links from 20 major U.S. news outlets related to the COVID-19 vaccination program. It was collected by researchers from the Yale School of Medicine and the Tobin Center for Economic Policy to preserve a contemporaneous media record. The collection includes articles from television networks, magazines, and newspapers that were freely accessible online.
Use Cases
Analyzing media communication strategies during a nationwide public health emergency based on the collection of news items.
Studying the evolution of vaccine-related discourse over time based on the nine-month temporal coverage.
Comparing coverage across different types of news outlets (television, magazines, newspapers) based on the selection of 20 major sources.
Investigating the framing of public health mandates and vaccine availability based on the described period of widespread adult availability and mandates.
Strengths
Contains 5,383 unique publication links, providing a substantial corpus for analysis.
Covers a defined nine-month period (December 2020 to September 2021) relevant to vaccine rollout.
Sources were selected based on a survey of 511 U.S. adults identifying commonly used outlets.
Includes bibliographic information and permanent links for each media item.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data may reflect source bias inherent to the selection of 20 specific U.S. news outlets.
Provenance
Source
Yale School of Medicine and the Tobin Center for Economic Policy.
Collection Method
Articles were collected via Google search with custom date ranges and keyword 'vaccine', then manually reviewed against inclusion/exclusion criteria.
Time Range
December 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-04 07:10:22; freshness should be verified.
Geography
United States, with some international outlets serving U.S. audiences.