Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 1998 SBS National 630pm SECS

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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 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 SBS National News coverage at 6.30pm. 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. Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage Copyright: Copyright © 2007, University of Western Australia. All rights reserved. Historic ADA Version - Prior to migration to Dataverse: Version 1 2008-06-11

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Associated Persons
Clive Bean (Creator); Ian Ward (Creator)