Querying and Analysing Swiss media data with Swissdox@LiRI
March 31 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
LiRI collaborates with SMD (Schweizer Mediendatenbank AG) to provide researchers with access to Swissdox, a comprehensive database containing approximately 24 million media articles (press, online) from a wide range of Swiss media sources spanning multiple decades.
In this session, participants will learn how to navigate the Swissdox@LiRI platform, explore its search functions, and refine queries to retrieve and download relevant media data. In addition, the session includes a hands-on introduction to basic analytical approaches in Python, demonstrating how Swissdox data can be processed and examined for research purposes.
Swissdox@LiRI is a paid service, but for this training session, we will provide access to a selection of sample data in German and French. This allows participants who are not affiliated with a supporting institution to test the platform’s functionalities. We will also discuss the different subscription options available, including low-cost, short-term access for individual research projects.