This readme file is a description of the dataset included in the DatasetS1.xlsx file. The dataset has been used in: Casarin, R. and Squazzoni, F., (2013), Being on the field when the game is still under way. Financial press and stock market in times of crisis, forthcoming The labels are as follows: FT: for the Financial Times WJ: for the Wall Street Journal S: for the IlSole24Ore Column Label Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ W1 WJ number of negative banner headlines on the crisis W2 WJ number of columns where news were reported on total number of available newspaper columns W3 WJ number of columns for the main banner headline W4 WJ number of negative words reported in the headline text F1 FT number of negative banner headlines on the crisis F2 FT number of columns where news were reported on total number of avaiable newspaper columns F3 FT number of columns for the main banner headline F4 FT number of negative words reported in the headline text S1 S number of negative banner headlines on the crisis S2 S number of columns where news were reported on total number of available newspaper columns S3 S number of columns for the main banner headline S4 S number of negative words reported in the headline text FTJ1 FT journalist id number between 1 and 78 (0 if the banner did not report a bad news), banner headline 1 FTJ2 FT journalist id number between 1 and 78 (0 if the banner did not report a bad news), banner headline 2 FTJ3 FT journalist id number between 1 and 78 (0 if the banner did not report a bad news), banner headline 3 FTJ4 FT journalist id number between 1 and 78 (0 if the banner did not report a bad news), banner headline 4 FTJ5 FT journalist id number between 1 and 78 (0 if the banner did not report a bad news), banner headline 5 FTJ6 FT journalist id number between 1 and 78 (0 if the banner did not report a bad news), banner headline 6 FTJ7 FT journalist id number between 1 and 78 (0 if if the banner did not report a bad news), banner headline 7 FTJC1 FT journalist centrality code (1 if central journalist 0 if noncentral), banner headline 1 FTJC2 FT journalist centrality code (1 if central journalist 0 if noncentral), banner headline 2 FTJC3 FT journalist centrality code (1 if central journalist 0 if noncentral), banner headline 3 FTJC4 FT journalist centrality code (1 if central journalist 0 if noncentral), banner headline 4 FTJC5 FT journalist centrality code (1 if central journalist 0 if noncentral), banner headline 5 FTJC6 FT journalist centrality code (1 if central journalist 0 if noncentral), banner headline 6 FTJC7 FT journalist centrality code (1 if central journalist 0 if noncentral), banner headline 7