Variable: Political Pressures and Controls on Broadcast Media Content (1996-2000)

QoG Code: (fhp_mcppb4)


Dataset: Freedom of the Press

Description:

Political Pressures and Controls on Media Content: Broadcast Media (1996-2000). 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 0-30. 0 indicates more freedom.

Type of variable: Discrete

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


Categories:

Media


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Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 185


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This variable has information from the year 1996 to the year 2000