UK and Denmark Political Agenda-Setting Data with 6.6M Records

This dataset comprises over 6.6 million records including 5.5 million tweets, 750,000 news articles, and 419,000 parliamentary questions from the UK and Denmark. Collected by Daniel Sandvej Eriksen for the American Political Science Review, the data spans 2015 to 2022 to track how political parties initiate and elevate agendas. It provides a multi-channel view of political discourse across social media, mainstream news, and official government proceedings.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the temporal lag between party tweets and news article publication to measure agenda-setting influence
• Comparing the volume of parliamentary questions against social media activity to identify issue elevation strategies
• Topic modeling across 750,000 news articles to identify which political issues successfully transition from party rhetoric to public media

Strengths

• Large-scale multi-source integration with over 6.6 million total observations
• Cross-national comparative design covering both the UK and Denmark
• Seven-year longitudinal coverage from 2015 to 2022

Limitations

• Geographic scope is restricted to two specific European countries
• Social media data is limited to Twitter, excluding other platforms like Facebook or TikTok
• Potential for API-related data gaps in the 5.5 million tweet collection

Provenance

Source

Daniel Sandvej Eriksen, American Political Science Review Dataverse

Collection Method

Aggregated from Twitter API, news archives, and official parliamentary databases

Time Range

2015-2022

Freshness

Covers a fixed historical period ending in 2022; last metadata update in 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom and Denmark