Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2007 Channel 2 Perth 7 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 2 Perth News coverage at 7 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.

本数据集为2007年大选竞选电视新闻报道档案，拓展了戴维·德内马克（David Denemark，1998年）以及戴维·德内马克（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年采集的多组电视新闻报道数据集。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、政治领袖及竞选议题的电视报道时长。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的地方新闻。该研究此前曾分别于1998年与2001年开展。本研究依据2007年澳大利亚选举研究（ADA编号1120）中的定义，对12项竞选议题与10项其他议题的报道情况进行统计。本档案对应珀斯第二频道（Channel 2）晚间7点档的新闻报道内容。数据集变量包含各政党与政治领袖的报道时长（单位：秒），同时统计了教育、环境、医疗、劳资关系与税收等竞选议题的报道时长。