A test of rivaling approaches to explain news effects: A multi-wave panel study of agenda setting, social and economic conditions, the tone of the news, and horse race news

In: Kleinnijenhuis , J , van Hoof , A M J , Oegema , D & de Ridder , J A 2007 , ' A test of rivaling approaches to explain news effects: A multi-wave panel study of agenda setting, social and economic conditions, the tone of the news, and horse race news ' , Journal of Communication , vol. 57 , no. 2 , pp. 366-384 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00347.x

Abstract

Different "paradigmatic" approaches to explain news effects on voting may supplement each other, because their starting points are based on different news types in political campaign news: news on issue positions of parties, news on real-world developments, news on support or criticism for parties, and news on success and failure of parties. Daily content analysis data and a weekly multiwave panel survey from the 2003 election campaign in the Netherlands are used for a simultaneous test. A logistic regression analysis demonstrates that the paradigmatic approaches supplement each other. The data reveal a huge impact of the news from a campaigner's point of view in spite of a huge variety in responses to the news at the level of individual respondents. © 2007 International Communication Association.