Data-driven Approach to Measuring the Level of Press Freedom Using Media Attention Diversity from Unfiltered News
arXiv:1704.01422
Abstract
Published by Reporters Without Borders every year, the Press Freedom Index (PFI) reflects the fear and tension in the newsroom pushed by the government and private sectors. While the PFI is invaluable in monitoring media environments worldwide, the current survey-based method has inherent limitations to updates in terms of cost and time. In this work, we introduce an alternative way to measure the level of press freedom using media attention diversity compiled from Unfiltered News.
The paper will be published in NECO'17, a workshop co-located with ICWSM'17. Please cite the NECO'17 paper