Migrants are a diverse and potentially disadvantaged minority group which makes them hard-to-reach and hard-to-survey. As migrant research often relies on general population survey studies, it is important to understand the potential consequences of these surveys shifting from traditional face-to-face to mixed-mode interviews for the composition of migrant samples. By comparing the Austrian segment of [...]

Survey-based measures such as the ‘most important political problem’ (MIP) question are a central tool for studying public issue salience, but they are costly to field frequently and provide only temporally sparse snapshots. Digital trace data, e.g. Google Trends, are therefore increasingly discussed as a low-cost, high-frequency alternative or complement. However, systematic evidence on how [...]