Overview
GDELT monitors global news media and codes events, themes, actors, and tone into an open, continuously updated dataset accessible via files, BigQuery, and APIs.
What's included
- Coded global events and actors
- Themes and sentiment/tone signals
- Coverage volume across outlets and languages
Typical uses
- Tracking how a narrative spreads across media
- Contextualizing coverage volume around events
- Large-scale data-journalism analysis
Notes
Automated coding introduces noise; validate signals before drawing conclusions.
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