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Cebu's English-language Dailies' Coverage of the 2010 Elections (Fifth Monitoring Period)

(April 11-24, 2010) CEBU’S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DAILIES As elections neared, the number of election-related reports significantly increased from 353 in the fourth monitoring period (March 28-April 10) to 588 in the fifth monitoring period (April 11-24). Proportionally, the percentage of election-related reports vis-à-vis the news hole also increased from 30%...

Cebu's Bisaya-language Dailies' Coverage of the 2010 Elections (Fifth Monitoring Period)

(April 11-24, 2010) CEBU’S BISAYA-LANGUAGE DAILIES The proportion of election-related reports to the news hole of the two Bisaya language dailies monitored, Banat and SuperBalita, jumped from 29 percent during the fourth monitoring period to 48 percent in the fifth monitoring period of April 11-24, 2010. Banat allotted more...

Tabloids focused on presidential race, covered Villar most

Tabloid coverage of the national elections Fourth Monitoring Period (March 28 to April 10, 2010) Like the broadsheets, selected major tabloids focused overwhelmingly on the major presidential candidates to the virtual exclusion of lesser-known candidates. From March 28 to April 10, a monitor of three tabloids also showed scant...

Radio Coverage of the 2010 National Elections

CMFR Monitor of the Media Coverage of the 2010 National and Local Elections (April 12-16 and April 19-23, 2010) There are striking differences in the elections coverage of radio when compared to other media. While the elections occupied a substantial amount of airtime and space in television, print and...

TV news covered Presidential election most; party list, senatorial campaign least

The CMFR Monitor of Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections Broadcast Discourse Analysis (For the period April 12-16 and 19-23, 2010) From April 12 to 16 and 19 to 23, almost five out of ten reports by TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN 2) were about the elections. In the case...

TV Patrol World, 24 Oras covered Aquino most in final two weeks of presidential campaign

The CMFR Monitor of Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections Broadcast Discourse Analysis (For the period April 26-30 and May 3-7, 2010) Introduction During the last two weeks of the campaign period, most of the news reports on TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN), 24 Oras (GMA) and Teledyaryo (NBN) focused...

Online Coverage of 2010 Elections: Citizen journalists at work

Reflecting the changing media landscape, the online medium has evolved into a distinct and powerful source of news and information for the 2010 elections. More and more Filipinos are following and even participating in the online coverage of the elections as social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter...

Improving coverage by the public/current affairs programs

The Philippine media covered election-related events and personalities aggressively during the campaign season. News media organizations such as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. (ABS-CBN 2 and ABS-CBN News Channel) and GMA Network Inc. (GMA-7 and sister-station QTV 11) pooled together their resources in partnership with other groups to provide what was...

Mudslinging among candidates boosts media coverage

CENTER FOR MEDIA FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY TIMEKEEPING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 29-31 AND APRIL 5-9 The media play a crucial role in the democratic life of the country. This is especially evident during election periods. The media are the people’s main source of information on electoral issues, the...

TV Patrol World, 24 Oras election coverage still generally neutral; Teledyaryo continues bias for Teodoro

The CMFR Monitor of Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections Broadcast Discourse Analysis (For the period March 29-31 and April 5-9, 2010) For this period, the broadcast discourse analysis monitoring team of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) analyzed only eight days of news coverage (instead of...