Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 Ch 9 Perth 6pm 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 12 other issues. This file refers to the Channel 9 Perth News coverage at 6pm. 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战的电视新闻报道情况，并量化各政党、政党领袖以及选举议题的电视报道时长。本研究采集了2001年联邦选举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，且该研究亦于1998年开展。本研究对澳大利亚选举研究（Australian Election Study，编号ADA No.1001）中定义的12项选举议题，以及另外12项议题的报道情况进行了量化分析。本数据集对应珀斯第九频道（Channel 9 Perth）下午6点档的新闻报道。变量涵盖分配给各政党与政党领袖的报道时长（单位：秒），同时也统计了教育、环保、医疗、劳资关系与税收等选举议题的报道时长。