Variable: Practice: the government does not promote the media's self-censorship

QoG Code: (aii_q55)


Dataset: Africa Integrity Indicators

Description:

Sub-score (0-100). Question no. 55. In practice, there is no prior government restraint (pre-publication censoring) and the government doesn't promote the media's self-censorship.

A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) the government never prevents the publication of information, and
2) the government doesn't promote the media's self-censorship (e.g. with threats, discrimination in the application of tax laws, government advertising, etc.).

A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply:
1) the government occasionally prevents the publication of information, or
2) it occasionally encourages the media to self-censor (e.g. with threats, discrimination in the application of tax laws, government advertising, etc.).

A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions apply:
1) the government usually prevents the publication of information, or
2) it usually encourages the media to self-censor (e.g. with threats, discrimination in the application of tax laws, government advertising, etc.).

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-12-04
Last updated by source: 2023-07-04


Categories:

Media


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Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 54
Standard time-series: 54


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