Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 Ch 7 Perth 6pm SECS

The aim of the project was to explore television news coverage of Australian election campaigns and measured the amount of television coverage of politican parties, leaders and election issues. National bulletins were collected and local news in Brisbane and Perth during the 2001 federal election campaign. This study was also conducted in 1998. This study measures coverage of 12 election issues as defined in the Australian Election Study (ADA No. 1001) as were 12 other issues. This file refers to the Channel 7 Perth News coverage at 6pm. 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.

本项目旨在探究澳大利亚大选竞选活动的电视新闻报道情况，并量化统计各政党、政党领袖及选举议题的电视报道时长。研究采集了2001年联邦大选竞选期间的全国新闻联播素材，以及布里斯班与珀斯两地的地方新闻内容；该研究亦于1998年同步开展。本研究参照《澳大利亚选举研究》（Australian Election Study, ADA No. 1001）中的定义，对12项选举议题进行报道量统计，另有12项议题同样纳入统计范畴。本数据集文件对应珀斯第七频道（Channel 7）晚间6点档的新闻报道内容。统计变量包含分配给各政党与政治领袖的报道时长（单位：秒），同时也统计了各类选举议题的报道时长，涵盖教育、环境、医疗、劳资关系及税收等领域。