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Access to Data

Broad-based access to data is a condition of good media and communications research and policymaking. The Data Consortium rates access to datasets according to three general categories.


Open Access

Available to anyone at no cost. Datasets in this category may be public domain, Creative Commons-licensed, or freely available under some other licensing arrangement.


Some Restrictions

These datasets are freely available under certain conditions, such as for use in 'public policy' research.


Commercial Access

These datasets are available only through commercial contracts.