Italian Public Opinion on Nuclear Arms Control Before and After Oppenheimer Movie Release

Replication Data for 'Oppenheimer and public support for arms control negotiations' from the Italian Political Science Review Dataverse. The dataset contains nationally representative survey data from Italy collected both before and after the release of the Oppenheimer movie in 2026. It is used to analyze the movie's causal effects on public attitudes toward nuclear disarmament and arms control.

Use Cases

• Estimating causal effects of popular media on policy attitudes based on pre- and post-release survey waves.
• Analyzing demographic predictors of movie viewership based on age, gender, and education variables.
• Applying causal inference methods like inverse probability weighting and difference-in-differences to survey data.
• Studying public opinion divergence between support for arms control versus unilateral disarmament.

Strengths

• Data is nationally representative for Italy, enhancing generalizability.
• Includes pre- and post-event survey waves, enabling causal inference.
• Analysis corrects for selection bias using multiple statistical methods mentioned in the description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic coverage is limited to Italy, which may affect external validity.

Provenance

Source

Italian Political Science Review (IPSR/RISP) Dataverse, author Tom Etienne.

Collection Method

Nationally representative survey data collected before and after a movie release.

Time Range

Surveys conducted around the 2026 release of the Oppenheimer movie.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 15:45:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Italy