Personalization in political Television News: A 13-Wave Survey Study to Assess Effects of Text and Footage
In: Communications: the European journal of communication research, Volume 25, Issue 1
ISSN: 1613-4087
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In: Communications: the European journal of communication research, Volume 25, Issue 1
ISSN: 1613-4087
In: Mobilization: An International Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 365-381
Though social movement organizations (SMOs) depend heavily upon the media for their communication to the public, little is known about the relationships between media coverage and public support for SMOs. This research uses computer-assisted content analysis to assess the relationship between media coverage and membership figures for Dutch environmental organizations over the period 1991-2003. Our analysis provides evidence for direct influence of visibility of the organization and its main issue on membership support, while membership support does not influence visibility of an SMO and its issue. Furthermore, an SMO's media visibility is negatively affected by the visibility of other SMOs within the same sector. These results point to the necessity for SMOs to compete for attention in the public sphere and to the importance of using various strategies to compete for the limited space available in the media.
In: Mobilization: the international quarterly review of social movement research, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 365-381
ISSN: 1086-671X
Though social movement organizations (SMOs) depend heavily upon the media for their communication to the public, little is known about the relationships between media coverage & public support for SMOs. This research uses computer-assisted content analysis to assess the relationship between media coverage & membership figures for Dutch environmental organizations over the period 1991-2003. Our analysis provides evidence for direct influence of visibility of the organization & its main issue on membership support, while membership support does not influence visibility of an SMO & its issue. Furthermore, an SMO's media visibility is negatively affected by the visibility of other SMOs within the same sector. These results point to the necessity for SMOs to compete for attention in the public sphere & to the importance of using various strategies to compete for the limited space available in the media. Tables, Figures, References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies, p. 256-274
In: British journal of political science, Volume 38, Issue 3, p. 455-478
ISSN: 0007-1234
The central question in this study is whether the power of the media agenda over the political agenda has recently increased. The agenda-building dynamics are established using cross-country time-series data on four issues, covering fifteen and eight years respectively of British and Dutch parliamentary debates and newspaper articles. Structural equation models show that the parliamentary agenda is more influenced by the media agenda than the other way around, and that the power balance has shifted even more in favour of the media. It is additionally found that media power is especially associated with issues within the European domain. This study contributes empirically to the 'mediatization' debate in a EU context, which is largely limited to the realm of theoretical speculation. (British Journal of Political Science / FUB)
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In: British journal of political science, Volume 38, Issue 3, p. 455-478
ISSN: 1469-2112
The central question in this study is whether the power of the media agenda over the political agenda has recently increased. The agenda-building dynamics are established using cross-country time-series data on four issues, covering fifteen and eight years respectively of British and Dutch parliamentary debates and newspaper articles. Structural equation models show that the parliamentary agenda is more influenced by the media agenda than the other way around, and that the power balance has shifted even more in favour of the media. It is additionally found that media power is especially associated with issues within the European domain. This study contributes empirically to the 'mediatization' debate in a EU context, which is largely limited to the realm of theoretical speculation.
In: British journal of political science, Volume 38, Issue 3, p. 455-478
ISSN: 0007-1234
In: Communication research, Volume 42, Issue 3, p. 408-428
ISSN: 1552-3810
The paper explains antecedents and consequences of news during the BP oil spill crisis by analyzing newspaper and internet coverage as well as financial indicators. The study establishes the roles of routines in financial journalism and of BP's public relations efforts in building the U.S. media agenda. The U.S. media agenda in turn bears a classic agenda-setting effect on public awareness, an intermedia agenda-setting effect on foreign media, and a stakeholder agenda-setting effect on financial markets. A second-level attribute agenda-setting post-hoc study reveals that these first-order agenda setting effects depend on the resonance of specific problems and solutions with specific interests and a specific frame of mind. Financial stakeholders, for example, reacted negatively to news about judicial accountability, but positively to press releases about BP's skills in implementing solutions. The findings contradict research which states that the news in classic media merely mirrors share prices.
In: The Harvard international journal of press, politics, Volume 11, Issue 2, p. 86-104
ISSN: 1531-328X
The role of the media in the creation of distrust is much debated in political communication. Will negative news, for example, relentless attacks on political authorities, result in political cynicism or in a stimulation effect? By and large the media may stimulate political participation,but it is less clear when negative news will nullify this effect. Negative news may not only have short-term behavioral effects but also effects on underlying attitudes such as trust in politicians, which may produce their "sleeper effect" on political behavior only in the long run. This article addresses two related research questions.Will negative news discourage trust in political leaders? Will trust have a sleeper effect for future party choice and future turnout within the months to come? The 2002 Dutch election campaign,being an unprecedented negative campaign as compared to other Dutch campaigns, provides a good case to investigate these questions. On the basis of a biweekly seven-wave panel survey study and a daily content analysis of television news and newspapers,negative news was found to have a significant effect on trust in party leaders in addition to prior vote preference and education.The distrust in party leaders also had a significant sleeper effect in the long run on turnout and on the actual vote in addition to previous intentions.In general,these findings support the malaise theory. They are helpful to explain why the Christian Democrats could win the elections in defiance of the polls.
In: European journal of communication, Volume 16, Issue 3, p. 337-359
ISSN: 1460-3705
This article elucidates the role of issue news and personality news in Germany and the Netherlands. A party with a popular leader is assumed to benefit from increased media attention. A party may also benefit from issue news. News on an issue favours its `issue owner' (e.g. the German Social Democrats in the case of news on social security). Good news on issue developments (e.g. rising employment) favours the parties who make up the Dutch coalition government, whereas bad news (e.g. rising unemployment) favours opposition parties. Content analysis of the 1994 and 1998 election campaigns in Germany and the Netherlands shows that issue news and personality portrayal vary heavily between countries and between subsequent elections within one country. A broad comparison of news patterns and election outcomes suggests that election outcomes do indeed correspond with the news. A closer examination of effects of news about issues and party leaders on party preference at the level of individual respondents confirms the results of the exploratory analysis.
In: European journal of communication, Volume 16, Issue 3, p. 337-359
ISSN: 0267-3231
In: Communications: the European journal of communication research, Volume 28, Issue 4
ISSN: 1613-4087