Methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information. An analysis of the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House indexes
The article analyses the main methodological challenges of the two most important indicators in measuring freedom of the press around the world. Freedom House (FH) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) have become references for studies that go beyond freedom of the press and their importance forces u...
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2018-06-01
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| author | Ruth de Frutos Diego Giannone |
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| description | The article analyses the main methodological challenges of the two most important indicators in measuring freedom of the press around the world. Freedom House (FH) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) have become references for studies that go beyond freedom of the press and their importance forces us to analyze what the methodological aspects are that determined these methodologies and which are omitted. The results of this study make it possible to determine that the indicators of Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House present serious methodological deficiencies that, although they have tried to correct, continue to be the source of numerous controversies, such as the absence of mechanisms to protect journalists in their measurement instruments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b56f2341fa8d4b2ebdf61e4e01d4ae472022-12-21T20:26:43ZengCentro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade (CECS)Comunicação e Sociedade1645-20892183-35752018-06-013329130910.17231/comsoc.33(2018).29181066Methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information. An analysis of the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House indexesRuth de Frutos0Diego Giannone1Universidad de MálagaUniversità della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”The article analyses the main methodological challenges of the two most important indicators in measuring freedom of the press around the world. Freedom House (FH) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) have become references for studies that go beyond freedom of the press and their importance forces us to analyze what the methodological aspects are that determined these methodologies and which are omitted. The results of this study make it possible to determine that the indicators of Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House present serious methodological deficiencies that, although they have tried to correct, continue to be the source of numerous controversies, such as the absence of mechanisms to protect journalists in their measurement instruments.https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/1066Indicatorsfreedom of informationFreedom HousemethodologyReporters Without Borders |
| spellingShingle | Ruth de Frutos Diego Giannone Methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information. An analysis of the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House indexes Comunicação e Sociedade Indicators freedom of information Freedom House methodology Reporters Without Borders |
| title | Methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information. An analysis of the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House indexes |
| title_full | Methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information. An analysis of the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House indexes |
| title_fullStr | Methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information. An analysis of the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House indexes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information. An analysis of the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House indexes |
| title_short | Methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information. An analysis of the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House indexes |
| title_sort | methodological changes and challenges in the measurement of freedom of information an analysis of the reporters without borders and freedom house indexes |
| topic | Indicators freedom of information Freedom House methodology Reporters Without Borders |
| url | https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/1066 |
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