EXPERT SURVEY OF THE NEWS MEDIA

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1 EXPERT SURVEY OF THE NEWS MEDIA THE SHORENSTEIN CENTER ON THE PRESS, POLITICS & PUBLIC POLICY JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MA 0238 FAX: (67) OCTOBER 26, 999 IRELAND The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is conducting an international survey about the news media. The main aim is develop reliable indicars that can be used compare news in different countries. We are interested in your answers the following items. To complete electronically or by hand, just put an x in the relevant box on each line. The survey is brief with only 2 questions. It would be appreciated if you could return the reply by , fax or mail by st December 999. All responses will be treated in confidence. The results will be released in the public domain on by st July 2000 if you want download this data for secondary analysis. Many thanks for your help with this survey! Pippa Norris. Newspapers vary in their news coverage. Using the following ten point scale, where = left and 0 = right, could you tell me where you would the position of the following papers in their news coverage? Position of newspaper news coverage Cork Examiner. Irish Catholic 3. An Phoblacht 4. Daily Record 6. Waterford Echo 8. Irish News 3. Daily Mail 4. Guardian

2 2. Newspapers also vary in their edirials. Using the following ten point scale, where = left and 0 = right, could you tell me where you would the position of the following papers in their edirials? Position of Newspaper Edirials Cork Examiner. Irish Catholic 3. An Phoblacht 4. Daily Record 6. Waterford Echo 8. Irish News 3. Daily Mail 4. Guardian 3. Television news programs also vary in their political leanings. Using the following ten point scale, where = left and 0 = right, could you tell me where you would the position of the main evening news programs, if shown, on the following TV channels? Position of Main Evening News Programs. RTE 3. BBC 0. Music Channel. BBC2 2. ITV 3. MTV 5. GMTV (ITV am) 6. Eurosport 7. CNN Parties also vary in their political leanings. Using the following ten point scale, where = left and 0 = right, could you tell me where you would the position of the main parties in your country? Position of Parties Fianna Fail Fine Gael Labour Workers Party Green Party

3 Position of Parties Progressive Demogratic Party Sinn Fein Democratic Independent IND Other Party 5. And using the following ten point scale, where = left and 0 = right, could you tell me where you would your own position? Self 6. Turning other matters, papers also differ in how much attention they give in their front-page news politics, public affairs and international news and how much they give entertainment, celebrities, crime and sports. Using the following ten-point scale, could you tell me where you would the following newspapers? Newspaper Coverage. Cork Examiner. Irish Catholic 3. An Phoblacht 4. Daily Record 6. Waterford Echo 8. Irish News 3. Daily Mail 4. Guardian Most attention politics, public affairs & international news Most attention entertainment, celebrities, crime & sports. 7. Television news programs also differ in how much attention they give politics, public affairs and international news and how much they give entertainment, celebrities, crime and sports. Using the following ten-point scale, could you tell me where you would the position of the main evening news programmes, if shown, on the following TV channels? Television news coverage. RTE 3. BBC Most attention politics, public affairs & international news Most attention entertainment, celebrities, crime & sports.

4 Television news coverage Most attention politics, public affairs & international news Most attention entertainment, celebrities, crime & sports. 0. Music Channel. BBC2 2. ITV 3. MTV 5. GMTV (ITV am) 6. Eurosport 7. CNN 8. Newspapers also vary in how much they are in favor or against European Union institutions and policies. Using the following ten point scale, where = favors and 0= against, could you tell me where you would the position of following newspapers? Position of Newspaper. Cork Examiner Favors Against. Irish Catholic 3. An Phoblacht 4. Daily Record 6. Waterford Echo 8. Irish News 3. Daily Mail 4. Guardian 9. Television news programs also vary in how much they are in favor or against European Union institutions and policies. Using the following ten point scale, where = favors and 0= against the EU, could you tell me where you would the position of the main evening news programs, if shown, on the following TV channels? Position of TV main evening news programs. RTE 3. BBC Favors Against

5 Position of TV main evening news programs Favors Against 0. Music Channel. BBC2 2. ITV 3. MTV 5. GMTV (ITV am) 6. Eurosport 7. CNN 0. Television channels differ in how far they are or are not supported by public funds, like fees or government subsidies. Using the following ten point scale, where = no public funding and 0= full public funding, could you tell me where you would the following TV channels? Funding Support for TV Channels. RTE No Public Funding Full Public Funding 3. BBC 0. Music Channel. BBC2 2. ITV 3. MTV 5. GMTV (ITV am) 6. Eurosport 7. CNN. Newspapers also vary in how much they play a watchdog role criticizing government. Using the following ten point scale, where = Not very and 0= Very, could you tell me where you would the position of following newspapers? Newspaper s role wards government. Cork Examiner. Irish Catholic 3. An Phoblacht 4. Daily Record 6. Waterford Echo 8. Irish News Not very Very

6 Newspaper s role wards government 3. Daily Mail Not very Very 4. Guardian 2. Lastly, for information about the news media in your area, could you indicate in which region of the country you live? (Please put an X against one.) Region: I live in Dublin Rest of Leinster Munster Connaught/Ulster Many thanks for completing the survey! The data will be made available on by st July 2000 for anyone interested in downloading the results for secondary analysis. Date: / / 999 REF NO. Pippa Norris Please return by st December 999: BY PIPPA_NORRIS@HARVARD.EDU. OR BY FAX: US+ (67) Or by airmail: Pippa Norris, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 0238, USA. 6