Dear colleagues,
Diversity is a key consideration when assessing the democratic performance of media content and systems. This in turn presents methodological challenges about how to measure diversity.
As a contribution to this debate, we have developed a unique web service that calculates diversity scores from data distributions ('DIVA: Diversity Analysis using categorical data'). The site automatically calculates results for 7 diversity indices and derives confidence intervals and facilitates hypothesis testing on their basis.
The web address is:
https://diva.lboro.ac.uk/
We have produced a brief introductory video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=145NAO8BXC0
And a working paper:
https://diva.lboro.ac.uk/static/img/paper.pdf
We hope you find this resource of value and would welcome any feedback.
Best wishes
David Deacon
James Stanyer
Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University
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