TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking Global Press Freedom to Development and Culture: Implications from a Comparative Analysis
AU - Tran, Hai
AU - Mahmood, Reaz
AU - Du, Ying
AU - Khrapavitski, Andrei
N1 - Publisher copyright:
© 2011 (Hai Tran, Reaz Mahmood, Ying Du, and Andrei Khrapavitki).
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - This study attempts to clarify the relationship between development and press freedom, and the role of culture in determining press freedom throughout the world. Moreover, the study explores differences in the results, based on analysis using alternative leading press freedom indices (Freedom House and Reporters Sans Frontières), to gauge the influence of the indices themselves in forming conclusions. According to the results, the link between development and press freedom is not established conclusively. The two press freedom indices produce divergent, even contradictory, results. The findings speak to the necessity for continued refinement of quantitative measures, particularly when addressing matters as subtle as global press freedom.
AB - This study attempts to clarify the relationship between development and press freedom, and the role of culture in determining press freedom throughout the world. Moreover, the study explores differences in the results, based on analysis using alternative leading press freedom indices (Freedom House and Reporters Sans Frontières), to gauge the influence of the indices themselves in forming conclusions. According to the results, the link between development and press freedom is not established conclusively. The two press freedom indices produce divergent, even contradictory, results. The findings speak to the necessity for continued refinement of quantitative measures, particularly when addressing matters as subtle as global press freedom.
UR - https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/970
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1932-8036
VL - 5
SP - 170
EP - 191
JO - International Journal of Communication
JF - International Journal of Communication
ER -
