WoJ: Worlds of Journalism sample data
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A subset of data from the Worlds of Journalism 2012-16 study containing survey data of 1,200 journalists from five European countries.

WoJ

A data frame with 1200 rows and 15 variables:

country: Country of residence
reach: Reach of medium
employment: Current employment situation
temp_contract: Type of contract (if current employment situation is either full-time or part-time
autonomy_selection: Autonomy in news story selection, scale from 1 (no freedom at all) to 5 (complete freedom)
autonomy_emphasis: Autonomy in news story emphasis, scale from 1 (no freedom at all) to 5 (complete freedom)
ethics_1: Agreement with statement "Journalists should always adhere to codes of professional ethics, regardless of situation and context", scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) (reverse-coded!)
ethics_2: Agreement with statement "What is ethical in journalism depends on the specific situation.", scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
ethics_3: Agreement with statement "What is ethical in journalism is a matter of personal judgment.", scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
ethics_4: Agreement with statement "It is acceptable to set aside moral standards if extraordinary circumstances require it.", scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
work_experience: Work experience as a journalist in years
trust_parliament: Trust placed in parliament, scale from 1 (no trust at all) to 5 (complete trust)
trust_government: Trust placed in government, scale from 1 (no trust at all) to 5 (complete trust)
trust_parties: Trust placed in parties, scale from 1 (no trust at all) to 5 (complete trust)
trust_politicians: Trust placed in politicians in general, scale from 1 (no trust at all) to 5 (complete trust)