Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 Ch 9 Brisbane 6pm 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 Channel 9 Brisbane 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、政党领袖及选举议题的电视报道时长。研究采集了2001年联邦竞选活动期间的全国新闻联播内容，以及布里斯班与珀斯两地的地方新闻。该项研究同样于1998年开展。本研究对12项选举议题的报道情况进行量化分析，相关议题的界定标准源自《澳大利亚选举研究（Australian Election Study, ADA No.1001）》，同时覆盖另外12项议题。本数据集文件对应第九频道（Channel 9）布里斯班晚间6点档新闻的报道内容。数据集变量包含分配给各政党与政党领袖的报道时长（以秒为单位），同时统计了各选举议题的报道时长，涉及教育、环境、医疗、劳资关系与税收等领域。