Do Narratives Vary in Time and Space from Focusing Events?

• In Event: Advances in the Narrative Policy Framework: Applications to Subnational Governmental Policy Response

Brief Overview

In this paper we use the NPF to examine if narratives vary by time and distance from a spillover event using a structural topic model to examine variation in topic proportions by stakeholder group, geographic distance, and temporal distance.

Authors

• Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Montana State University

• Sara Guenther, Montana State University