Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2007 Channel 2 Perth 7 pm unweighted data.

The 2007 election campaign TV news coverage files extend previous sets of TV news coverage data gathered by David Denemark (1998) and by David Denemark, Clive Bean ((Queensland Univ of Technology) and Ian Ward (Univ of Queensland), 2001). The aim of the project was to explore television news coverage of Australian election campaigns and measured the amount of television coverage of political parties, leaders and election issues. National bulletins were collected and local news in Brisbane and Perth during the 2007 federal election campaign. This study was also conducted in 1998 and 2001. This study measures coverage of 12 election issues and 10 other issues as defined in the Australian Election Study, 2007 (ADA No. 1120). This file refers to the Channel 2 Perth News coverage at 7 pm. Variables include time in seconds given to political parties and political leaders. Also measured was time given to election issues including: education, environment, health, industrial relations and taxation.

2007年选举竞选活动电视新闻报道文件扩展了此前由David Denemark（1998年）以及David Denemark、Clive Bean（昆士兰科技大学）与Ian Ward（昆士兰大学，2001年）收集的电视新闻报道数据集。该项目旨在探索澳大利亚选举竞选活动的电视新闻报道，并衡量各政党、领导人及选举议题的电视报道量。研究收集了2007年联邦选举期间的全国性新闻简报，以及布里斯班和珀斯的地方新闻。该研究亦于1998年和2001年开展。本研究根据2007年澳大利亚选举研究（ADA编号1120）的定义，衡量了12项选举议题及10项其他议题的报道情况。本文件涉及珀斯第二频道晚间7点的新闻报道。变量包括各政党与领导人获得的报道时长（单位：秒），同时也衡量了选举议题的报道时长，涵盖教育、环境、健康、劳资关系及税收等领域。