Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 SBS National 630pm 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 SBS National News coverage at 6.30pm. 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.

本研究旨在探究澳大利亚大选竞选活动的电视新闻报道现状，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年联邦大选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。本研究对澳大利亚选举研究（Australian Election Study，ADA No.1001）中定义的12项选举议题，以及另外12项议题的报道情况进行了量化统计。本文件涉及的是SBS晚间6:30档全国新闻的报道数据。统计变量包括各政党与政党领袖获得的报道时长（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、劳资关系与税收等领域。