Appendix D: Coding Sheets
News Story Coding Sheet
- UNITID: ____
- COMMUNITY:___
(1 = Newark; 2 = New Brunswick; 3 = Morristown)
- News source [SOURCE]:___
(Enter Source #; See Source List document)
- Date, Month [MONTH]:___
- Date, Day [DAY]:___
- Date, Year (last two digits only, e.g. 15) [YEAR]:___
(this is the date on which the content being coded was posted)
- Story is original (1=Yes, 2=No, 3=Unclear) [ORIGINAL]: ____
- Primary Critical Info Need topic addressed (1-8; 9 = none/other) [CIN1]:___
[See Critical Information Needs Coding Categories document]
- Secondary Critical Info Need topic addressed (if more than one) [CIN2]:___
[See Critical Information Needs Coding Categories document]
- Story is about target community (1=Yes, 2=No, 3=Unclear) [ABOUTCOM]:___
- Total number of Comments [COMMENTS]:___
- Total number of Facebook Shares [SHARES]:___
- Total number of Tweets [TWEETS]:___
- Notes:
Social Media Coding Sheet
- UNITID: ____
- COMMUNITY:___
(1 = Newark; 2 = New Brunswick; 3 = Morristown)
- News source [SOURCE]:___
(Enter Source #; See Source List document)
- Date, Month [MONTH]:___
- Date, Day [DAY]:___
- Date, Year (last two digits only, e.g. 15) [YEAR]:___
(this is the date on which the content being coded was produced)
- TIME:_______
(e.g., 22.15, 08.30, etc.)
- Social media platform [PLATFORM]:___
(1=Facebook, 2=Twitter)
- Primary Critical Info Need topic addressed (1-8; 9 = none/other) [CIN1]:___
[See Critical Information Needs Coding Categories document]
- Secondary Critical Info Need topic addressed (if more than one) [CIN2]:___
[See Critical Information Needs Coding Categories document]
- Post is a retweet/share from another source (1=Yes; 2= No) [RETWEET/SHARE]
- Post is about target community (1=Yes, 2=No, 3=Unclear) [ABOUTCOM]:___
- Total number of Likes (Facebook) or Favorites (Twitter) [#LIKES/FAVES]:___
- Total number of Comments (Facebook) [#FBCOMMENTS]:___
- Total number of Shares (Facebook) or Retweets (Twitter) [#SHARES/RETWEETS]:___