Aufsatz(elektronisch)4. Februar 2014

Scandal Potential: How Political Context and News Congestion Affect the President's Vulnerability to Media Scandal

In: British journal of political science, Band 45, Heft 2, S. 435-466

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Abstract

Despite its importance in contemporary American politics, presidential scandal is poorly understood within political science. Scholars typically interpret scandals as resulting from the disclosure of official misbehavior, but the likelihood and intensity of media scandals is also influenced by the political and news context. This article provides a theoretical argument for two independent factors that should increase the president's vulnerability to scandal: low approval among opposition party identifiers and a lack of congestion in the news agenda. Using new data and statistical approaches, I find strong support for both claims. These results suggest that contextual factors shape the occurrence of political events and how such events are interpreted.

Sprachen

Englisch

Verlag

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

ISSN: 1469-2112

DOI

10.1017/s0007123413000458

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