Abstract
This article is a critical analysis of the methodology of press freedom indices of two independent international watchdog organizations, Freedom House (https://freedomhouse.org/) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF- https://rsf.org/en). The author argues that press freedom indices tend to offer us a homogenous view of mass media, which facilitates comparisons between countries by masking significant differences and discusses the challenges of dealing with the difference in the conceptualization of media freedom. As a social scientist, she also brings validity and reliability issues, which are crucial in quantitative research methods, into the discussion.
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