This post is to answer Wei Li's question on how do people assess press freedom. You can explore further in the given link.


World Press Freedom Index
(Reporters Without Borders)

Submitted by Elsa on Sat, 2008-03-29 02:08.

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Summary:The Reporters Without Borders index measures the state of press freedom in 168 countries.

Description:Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007How the index was compiled
Paris, 16 October 2007

The Reporters Without Borders index measures the state of press freedom in the world. It reflects the degree of freedom that journalists and news organisations enjoy in each country, and the efforts made by the authorities to respect and ensure respect for this freedom.
A score and a position is assigned to each country in the final ranking. They are complementary indicators that together assess the state of press freedom. A country can change position from year to year even if its score stays the same, and vice-versa.

This ranking reflects the situation during a specific period. It is based solely on events between 1 September 2006 and 1 September 2007. It does not look at human rights violations in general, just press freedom violations.

To compile this index, Reporters Without Borders prepared a questionnaire with 50 criteria that assess the state of press freedom in each country. It includes every kind of violation directly affecting journalists (such as murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and threats) and news media (censorship, confiscation of newspaper issues, searches and harassment). Ánd it includes the degree of impunity enjoyed by those responsible for these press freedom violations.

It also measures the level of self-censorship in each country and the ability of the media to investigate and criticise. Financial pressure, which is increasingly common, is also assessed and incorporated into the final score.

The questionnaire takes account of the legal framework for the media (including penalties for press offences, the existence of a state monopoly for certain kinds of media and how the media are regulated) and the level of independence of the public media. It also reflects violations of the free flow of information on the Internet.

Date:Oct 2007

Organization:Reporters Without Borders

URL:http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24025

Format:html

Related links:http://www.mediaactioncenter.org/?q=node/1280

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