The legal framework questionnaire collects data on a selection of qualitative regulatory issues, focusing on the responsibilities of the regulatory authorities for media, the accountability of the public broadcaster, the required entitlements to operate a media, the practice of journalism and media ownership rules and laws. All these issues may need analysis of the laws and regulations that affect them, sample observations and factual data. For example, the existence of ownership rules or laws is initial information that needs to be further analysed to investigate the nature of the rules and the variables or criteria that are important.