Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 1998 Ch7 National Late News DAYS

The aim of the project was to explore television news coverage of Australian election campaigns and measure 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 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 7 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选举竞选活动的电视新闻报道格局，并量化各政党、政治领袖及选举议题的电视报道时长。研究收集了1998年联邦选举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。本研究亦于2001年开展。本研究针对《澳大利亚选举研究（ADA编号1001）》中定义的12类选举议题进行报道量化分析，同时覆盖另外10类议题。本数据集文件对应第七频道（Channel 7）全国晚间新闻的报道内容。所纳入的变量包括分配给各政党与政治领袖的报道时长（单位：秒）；本研究同时量化了各类选举议题的报道时长，涵盖教育、环境、医疗、劳资关系与税收五大领域。