Why Quarrel When No One’s Watching? Studying the effect of public attention on parliamentary interactions using automated video analysis

• In Event: Elected Officials in Parliamentary Systems

Brief Overview

We use automated video analysis to study parliamentary behavior. We compare dramatization and hostility when plenary sessions are recorded and when they are not. Legislators come closer to the ideal of a working parliament when cameras are off.

Authors

• Dominic Nyhuis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Lion Behrens, University of Mannheim

• Thomas Gschwend, University of Mannheim

• Tobias Ringwald, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology