020 Actuali

1 Current 2 Last week 3 Last month 4 More than 1 month 5 None 99 Undefinable

What is the point of time (p.o.t.) of the most recent development? It does not matter how important the most recent development is for the story. 1 Most recent point of time within yesterday 2 Most recent p.o.t. in article before yesterday, but within last week 3 Most recent p.o.t. in article between 8 d and 1month 4 Most recent p.o.t. in article longer than 1 month ago 5 No reference to time 6 The time of the obviously most recent development is not defined.

021 Timedim Time dimension: looking backwards

1 Only event-related 2 1 to 7 days 3 8 days to 1 month 4 More than 1 month to 1 year 5 More than 1 year 99 Undefinable

1 Facts in article cover no more than actual event 2 Facts stretch back over 1 to 7 days 3 Facts stretch back over 8 days to 1 month 4 Facts stretch back over more than 1 month to 1 year 5 Facts in article stretch back over more than 1 year

022 future Time dimension: looking into the future, also, if an actor makes a forward-looking statement. Only if a future point of time is indicated (for example dates, “in a few weeks”, “in future”, “in the next months”, “soon”)

1 Yes 2 No 99 Undefinable

1 Article makes forward-looking statement 2 Article makes no forward-looking statement

023 Actnumbe

Determine the number of people or groups mentioned.

When it says “100’000 protesters marched the streets”, it counts as 1.Groups or people who are mentioned count as actors, who are carrying out or who have carried out an action. Several actors can be grouped into one actor if they are grouped by the author into one group and if their actions are not distinguishable.

0 No actors

1 One actor

2 Two actors

3 Three actors

4 Four actors

5 Five actors

6 More than five actors

99 Not definable

024 The role of Europe as actor

Indicate the role of Europe in the context: is it presented as an enforcer of an action by another actor? Does another actor enforce Europe to do smth.? (Is Europe the object/active actor or the subject/passive actor in the described situation?)

Active Rather active Rather passive Passive Both 99 Undefinable

025 What adjectives are used with the concepts of Europe and Euro?

(Open question aimed for qualitative analysis)

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C. Sources

026 sounumbe How many sources are clearly recognizable.

Including “anonymous sources”

NUMBER (2 digits)