Albanian Media Discourse on the TikTok Ban Policy Cycle

Albanian mediated discourse on the TikTok ban across three policy-cycle phases: announcement, enforcement, and rollback. The dataset is based on a qualitatively driven mixed-method content analysis of 240 items from 11 outlets, with a main analytic sample of 235 items after deduplication. It was authored by Lorena Licenji and last updated on 2026-06-03.

Use Cases

• Analyze shifts in media framing (e.g., safety, rights, governance) across the policy cycle phases mentioned in the description.
• Study the relationship between actor voice (e.g., government, challengers) and stance toward the ban as described.
• Examine patterns of legitimation cues (e.g., authorization, platform-accountability) in policy discourse.
• Track changes in remedy constructions (e.g., shutdown, monitoring, conditional access) during the rollback phase.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 240 media items from 11 outlets, providing a multi-source perspective.
• Includes a 201-item robustness sample for validation, as stated in the description.
• Coded for multiple analytical dimensions: stance, actor voice, primary frame, legitimation cues, and remedy constructions.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (66.9 KB), indicating limited scope and likely summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Qualitatively driven mixed-method content analysis of media items.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 06:00:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Albania