Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 Ch 10 National Late News DAYS

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 10 National Late News coverage. 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选举竞选活动的电视新闻报道情况，量化各政党、政党领袖及选举议题的电视报道时长。研究采集了2001年联邦选举竞选期间的全国新闻联播，以及布里斯班与珀斯的地方新闻内容。该研究同样于1998年开展。 本研究对12项选举议题的报道情况进行了量化，这些议题的界定参考自澳大利亚选举研究（Australian Election Study，ADA编号1001），另有12项议题亦被纳入统计范畴。本数据集对应10频道全国晚间新闻（Channel 10 National Late News）的报道内容。 研究变量包括分配给各政党与政党领袖的报道时长（单位：秒）。此外还统计了各类选举议题的报道时长，涵盖教育、环境、医疗卫生、劳资关系及税收等领域。