19,396 rated or chosen profiles from 4,920 respondents, in up to 4 tasks of 1 profile varying on 3 attributes.
| Description | Respondents in Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda (n = 4,920 with at least one answer) each rated four hypothetical scenarios about a media outlet accused of an infraction, varying the funding source, the accuser and the infraction, on how harshly the station should be restricted (1 = nothing to 5 = shut down permanently). |
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| Reference | Conroy-Krutz, J. (2025). Muzzling the media? Explaining popular support for media restrictions in Africa. The Journal of Politics, 87(3), 1169-1181. |
| DOI | 10.1086/732998 |
| Licence | CC0 1.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GO75QE |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 4,920 |
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| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 19,396 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 4 |
| Profiles per task | 1 |
| Attributes | 3 |
| Topic | political communication |
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| A profile represents | scenario |
| Country | CI, KE, NG, UG |
| Language shown | unknown |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Randomization restrictions | unknown |
| Task order | inferred from row order |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Task order or profile position was rebuilt from row order; analyses of position or task order should leave it out.
Outcomes:
| rating | Task k Preference: what should be done to the station (Nothing / Issue a written warning to the station / Fine the station / Shut down the station for a temporary period / Shut down the station permanently) (paraphrase) [rating, 1 (Nothing) to 5 (Shut down the station permanently)] |
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attr_accuserattr_fundingattr_infractioncov_agecov_countrycov_educationcov_ethnicitycov_gendercov_lived_povertycov_trust_oppositioncov_trust_presidentidprofileratingtask
The layout (one row per respondent, task and profile; choice/rating outcomes; attr_ columns holding each attribute level as displayed) is defined in the IRW conjoint standard. What the outcomes asked is under Design above.
Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("conroykrutz_2025_media_restrictions", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("conroykrutz_2025_media_restrictions", source="conj")
@article{Conroy_Krutz_2025, title={Muzzling the Media? Explaining Popular Support for Media Restrictions in Africa}, volume={87}, ISSN={1468-2508}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/732998}, DOI={10.1086/732998}, number={3}, journal={The Journal of Politics}, publisher={University of Chicago Press}, author={Conroy-Krutz, Jeffrey}, year={2025}, month=July, pages={1169–1181} }
| IRW version | v584 |
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| Redivis dataset | irw_conjoint v4.2 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/qkye-q530 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v4.2 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v44.0 |