Media Stats: compare key data on Gambia & United States
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Active military personnel:
Active military.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems.Values“per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.“sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.“sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.“sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.“ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking.“nd”, no data.
- Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
- Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
- Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
- Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
- Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
- Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
- Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
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Telecommunications > Country calling code:
The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.
- Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
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Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code:
Country Code.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
- Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
- Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
- Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
- Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); OpenNet Initiative (ONI), ONI Data, https://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_data-20130920.zip; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of country calling codes (Alphabetical listing by country or region); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); International Telecommunications Union; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables
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