Category Archives: thesis

Useless thesis statistics

I’m close to finishing the alpha release of my thesis. I’ve always been fascinated by readability statistics and other document metrics. Here are some metrics calculated with style.

96,281 words (including bibliography and tables), of which
84,172 words in 3,585 full-fledged sentences.
220 sources cited.
48% of sentences are short (less than 20 words).
6 source languages used (English, Italian, […]

Things I would like to find out

For any country,

what’s the average wage for a journalist?
what’s the average wage for a journalist working in the public service broadcaster?
is there a trade magazine in journalism or communications?
is there some magazine or annual agenda which shows the editors of the various television news desks? (Like Benn’s Media in the UK, except better; more like […]

Public attitudes towards government intervention in the media

“People have clear views about how their health should be provided for, the economy should be managed, and the environment be protected, but attitudes towards government intervention in the communications field appear fitful and unfocused. Perhaps it is more difficult for people to have well-formulated views on the organization and control of institutions and technologies […]