Abstract:There has been a newly refound interest in press freedom in the face of various global scandals, transformation of media, technological change, obstacles to deliberative democracy, and other factors. Press freedom is frequently used also as an explanatory factor in comparative empirical research. However, validations of existing measurement instruments on press freedom have been far and few between. Given these points, this paper evaluates eight cross-country instruments on press freedom in 147 countries betwe… Show more
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