Swiss Parliamentary Speech Transcripts from FHNW

A collection of Swiss parliamentary speech transcripts, curated by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and uploaded by manifoldix. The dataset was last updated in February 2022 and is categorized as containing between 10,000 and 100,000 rows of text data.

Use Cases

• Analyze speech content and political sentiment over time using the text and time-series features.
• Track topic evolution and debate focus within the Swiss parliament using the speech text.
• Model speaker characteristics or party affiliations based on linguistic patterns in the transcript data.
• Conduct comparative studies of regional (us) political discourse using the geographic tag.

Strengths

• Contains an estimated 10,000 to 100,000 rows of parliamentary speech data.
• Includes temporal metadata enabling time-series analysis of political discourse.

Limitations

• Specific column names, data schema, and exact row count are unknown.
• The dataset's temporal coverage and update frequency are not specified.
• Potential geographic bias is indicated by a 'Regionus' tag, suggesting a focus on a specific area.

Provenance

Source

Swiss Government, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)

Collection Method

Presumably official parliamentary transcripts or recordings.

Freshness

Last updated in February 2022; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

Switzerland, with a potential focus indicated by a 'Regionus' tag.