Pokémon Media Coverage from The Guardian and The New York Times, 2016-2025

105 articles from The Guardian and The New York Times, compiled by Stela Lechpammer for a chapter in the Bloomsbury volume '30 Years of Pokémon'. The corpus focuses on two key periods, 2016–2017 and 2022–2025, with five additional articles from the early 2000s for historical context. Each record includes article title, publication date, media outlet, URL, and a unique ID for replicability.

Use Cases

• Analyze media framing of Pokémon as a social phenomenon based on article titles and publication dates.
• Study temporal trends in Pokémon-related news coverage based on the defined periods 2016-2017 and 2022-2025.
• Conduct comparative media analysis between The Guardian and The New York Times based on the source outlet field.
• Perform replicable content or discourse analysis using the provided article URLs and unique IDs.

Strengths

• 105 articles provide a focused corpus for analysis.
• Includes articles from two major, reputable news outlets (The Guardian and The New York Times).
• Systematic compilation method using keyword searches of digital archives is described.
• Each article has a unique ID, title, date, outlet, and URL for transparency and replicability.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Scope is limited to two English-language news outlets, which may introduce geographic and linguistic bias.

Provenance

Source

The Guardian and The New York Times digital archives.

Collection Method

Systematic keyword searches using terms such as 'Pokémon', 'Pokémon GO', 'Pokémon 20th anniversary', and 'Pokémon 30th anniversary'.

Time Range

Primary focus on 2016-2017 and 2022-2025, with contextual articles from the early 2000s.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 13:56:40; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely international coverage, but source bias towards outlets based in the UK and USA.