Harrison, J., Maynard, D. and Torsner, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-1070-4226 (2020) Strengthening the monitoring of violations against journalists through an events-based methodology. Media and Communication, 8 (1). pp. 89-100. ISSN 2183-2439
Abstract
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 16.10.1 proposes an important monitoring agenda for the global recording of a range of violations against journalists as a means to prevent attacks on the communicative functions of journalism. However, the need for extensive collection of data on violations against journalists raises a number of methodological challenges. Our research shows the following issues must be addressed: the lack of conceptual consistency; the lack of methodological transparency; the need for sophisticated data categorisation and disaggregation to enable data to be merged from different sources; the need to establish links to understand causal and temporal relations between people and events; the need to explore and utilize previously untapped data sources. If we are to strengthen the monitoring of SDG 16.10.1, we propose to develop a robust and reliable events-based methodology and a set of tools which can facilitate the monitoring of the full range of proposed 16.10.1 categories of violations, reconcile data from multiple sources in order to adhere to the established 16.10.1 category definitions, and to further disaggregate the proposed 16.10.1 categories to provide more in-depth information on each instance of a violations. This, we argue, will ultimately contribute towards better understanding of the contextual circumstances and processes producing aggressions against journalists.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY). |
Keywords: | Events-based methodology; monitoring; ontological classification; safety of journalists; SDG indicator 16.10.1 |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Journalism Studies (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Free Press Unlimited (FPU) N/A |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2020 13:14 |
Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2020 11:35 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cogitatio Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.17645/mac.v8i1.2543 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155000 |