Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2007 Channel 7 Perth 6 pm weighted seconds

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 7 Perth News coverage at 6 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. Prominence of the news bulletin in the news (x10 for lead story; 9 for second story in the bulletin; 8 for third story…1 for 10th or lower story) was used to generate "weighted seconds." All news sessions during the campaign for the targeted channels were captured. There were NO missing bulletins.

本数据集为2007年大选竞选电视新闻报道文件，是对David Denemark（1998年）以及David Denemark、克莱夫·比恩（Clive Bean，昆士兰科技大学）与伊恩·沃德（Ian Ward，昆士兰大学）2001年收集的多套电视新闻报道数据集的延伸。本项目旨在探究澳大利亚大选竞选的电视新闻报道情况，量化统计各政党、政党领袖以及选举议题所获得的电视报道时长。本次采集覆盖2007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两地的地方新闻。该研究此前也曾于1998年和2001年开展。本数据集依据2007年澳大利亚选举研究（Australian Election Study，ADA编号1120）中的定义，对12项选举议题及10项其他议题的报道情况进行统计。本文件对应七号台（Channel 7）珀斯频道下午6点档的新闻报道。数据集变量包括分配给各政党及政治领袖的报道时长（单位：秒），同时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。此外，根据新闻在当日新闻播报中的排序位次计算加权时长：头条新闻记为10倍权重，第二条新闻为9倍，第三条为8倍……第十条及之后的新闻为1倍，由此生成加权秒数（weighted seconds）指标。本次采集覆盖目标频道在整个竞选周期内的全部新闻时段，无任何新闻联播片段缺失。