Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 ABC Brisbane 7pm 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 10 other issues. This file refers to the ABC Brisbane News coverage at 7pm. 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，量化统计各政党、政党领袖以及竞选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素材，以及布里斯班与珀斯的地方新闻内容。该项研究亦于1998年开展。本研究针对《澳大利亚选举研究》（Australian Election Study，ADA No.1001）中定义的12项竞选议题，以及另外10项议题的报道情况进行了量化分析。本文件对应澳大利亚广播公司（ABC）布里斯班晚间7点档的新闻报道内容。统计变量包括分配给各政党及政治领袖的报道时长（单位：秒）。此外亦统计了各类竞选议题的报道时长，涵盖教育、环境、医疗、劳资关系与税收等领域。