Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2007 Channel 7 Brisbane 6 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 7 Brisbane 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.

2007年竞选活动电视新闻报道数据集拓展了此前由大卫·德纳马克（David Denemark，1998年）以及大卫·德纳马克（David Denemark）、克莱夫·比恩（Clive Bean，昆士兰科技大学Queensland University of Technology）与伊恩·沃德（Ian Ward，昆士兰大学University of Queensland）于2001年收集的多套电视新闻报道数据集。本项目旨在探究澳大利亚竞选活动的电视新闻报道情况，量化各政党、政党领袖及竞选议题的电视报道时长。2007年联邦竞选活动期间，研究人员收集了全国新闻联播以及布里斯班和珀斯的地方新闻内容。该项研究也曾于1998年和2001年开展。本研究依据2007年澳大利亚选举研究（Australian Election Study，ADA编号1120）中的定义，对12项竞选议题及10项其他议题的报道情况进行统计。本文件对应7频道（Channel 7）布里斯班晚间6点档的新闻报道内容。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），同时还统计了各类竞选议题的报道时长，涵盖教育、环境、医疗、劳资关系及税收等领域。