Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage Ch 9 National Late News 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 1998 federal election campaign. This study was also conducted in 2001. This study measures coverage of 12 election issues as defined in the Australian Election Study (ADA No. 1001) as were 10 other issues. This file refers to the Channel 9 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大选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新闻曝光时长。研究采集了1998年联邦大选竞选期间的全国新闻联播内容，以及布里斯班与珀斯的地方新闻素材；该项研究同样于2001年开展。本次研究针对澳大利亚选举研究（Australian Election Study, ADA No.1001）中界定的12项选举议题，连同另外10项议题的报道情况开展量化分析。本数据集对应第九频道（Channel 9）全国晚间新闻的报道数据。研究所涉及的变量包括分配给各政党与政治领袖的报道时长（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、劳资关系与税收等议题范畴。