Behind the rankings of Pacific nations in the 2011-12 World Press Freedom Index
Keywords:
Ethics, Journalism ethics, Media freedom, Methodology, Press freedom, Media regulation, Media self-regulation
Abstract
Commentary: Australia and New Zealand both declined in the 2011-2012 Reporters Sans Frontières/Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index rankings but all other surveyed Pacific Island nations improved their standings. This article reports upon those outcomes and details the methodology used by the international press freedom agency in reaching its annual determinations. It explains that such rankings can never be statistically precise because too many variables are at play between countries and from one survey period to another. Nevertheless, they are indicative and importantly draw attention each year to the widely varying standards applied to media freedom throughout the Pacific region and the wider world.Downloads
Metrics
PDF views
520
Published
31-05-2012
How to Cite
Pearson, M. (2012). Behind the rankings of Pacific nations in the 2011-12 World Press Freedom Index. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 18(1), 171-178. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v18i1.297
Section
Commentaries
Copyright (c) 2012 Mark Pearson
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
0
5
Hagelstein J. (2024)
Ethical Challenges of Digital Communication: A Comparative Study of Public Relations Practitioners in 52 Countries. International Journal of Communication, 18, 1072-1093.Wang R. (2020)
The Structure and Evolution of the International Human Rights Network:Unpacking the Influences of Countries’ Contextual Factors and Network Configurations. International Interactions, 46(6), 922-952.10.1080/03050629.2020.1814769
Quinn A. (2018)
Virtue ethics and professional journalism. Virtue Ethics and Professional Journalism, 1-177.10.1007/978-3-030-01428-5
Quinn A. (2016)
Co-regulation and anti-corruption in U.S. Journalism. Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality, 31(2), 116-129.10.1080/23736992.2016.1152897
Pearson M. (2015)
Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar. Pacific Journalism Review, 21(1), 40-60.10.24135/pjr.v21i1.147
