Variable: Political pressures and controls on media content (2001-2016)

QoG Code: (fhp_mcpp5)


Dataset: Freedom of the Press

Description:

Political Pressures and Controls on Media Content (2001-2016). The variable evaluates the degree of political control over the content of news media. Issues examined include the editorial independence of both state-owned and privately owned media; access to information and sources; official censorship and self-censorship; the vibrancy of the media; the ability of both foreign and local reporters to cover the news freely and without harassment; and the intimidation of journalists by the state or other actors, including arbitrary detention and imprisonment, violent assaults, and other threats. The scale of the variable is 0-40. 0 indicates more freedom.

Type of variable: Discrete

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-09
Last updated by source: 2017-04-28


Categories:

Media


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2023 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2023 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 196
OECD time-series: 38


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