Strengthening the Monitoring of Violations against Journalists through an Events-Based Methodology

Jackie Harrison, Diana Maynard and Sara Torsner
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Jackie Harrison: Department of Journalism Studies, Sheffield University, UK
Diana Maynard: Department of Journalism Studies, Sheffield University, UK
Sara Torsner: Department of Journalism Studies, Sheffield University, UK

Media and Communication, 2020, vol. 8, issue 1, 89-100

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; and 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.

Keywords: events-based methodology; monitoring; safety of journalists; Sustainable Development Goal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.v8i1.2543

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