Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 SBS National 930pm DAYS

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 12 other issues. This file refers to the SBS National News coverage at 9.30 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，并量化各政党、政党领袖以及竞选议题的电视报道时长。研究收集了2001年联邦大选竞选期间的全国新闻联播节目，以及布里斯班与珀斯的本地新闻内容，且该研究同样于1998年开展。本研究不仅量化了澳大利亚选举研究（Australian Election Study，ADA No.1001）中界定的12项竞选议题的报道情况，还对另外12项议题的报道进行了统计。本数据集对应澳大利亚特别广播服务公司（SBS）每日21:30播出的全国新闻报道内容。数据集包含的变量包括：各政党与政党领袖获得的报道时长（单位为秒）；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、劳资关系以及税收等领域。