Public support for referendums: the role of the media
In: West European politics, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 181-207
ISSN: 0140-2382
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In: West European politics, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 181-207
ISSN: 0140-2382
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In: West European politics, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 181-207
ISSN: 1743-9655
In: The international journal of press, politics, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 40-66
ISSN: 1940-1620
This multimethodological study focuses on risk-induced electoral mobilization in referendum campaigns. Positive news framing in a referendum campaign can generate a perception of risk among those voters opposing the proposal and stimulate electoral participation to prevent an undesired outcome that would alter a status quo situation. To test this claim, the authors analyze the effect of news framing on turnout in the context of the 2005 Dutch EU Constitution referendum campaign and combine a media content analysis of national newspapers and television news (n = 6,370) with panel survey data (n = 642) and an experiment (n = 687). Experimental findings show that individuals who are skeptical toward the EU and are subsequently exposed to positive news framing about the EU Constitution are mobilized to turn out and vote against it. The results of the content analysis show that during the Dutch referendum campaign, news media framed the EU Constitution in positive terms. Building these findings into a measure of news exposure in our panel survey, the authors find that higher exposure to referendum news had a mobilizing effect on those opposing the proposal. The experimental and panel data thus show corroborating evidence supporting the central hypothesis about how positive news can mobilize the skeptics to turn out and vote in a referendum. [Reprinted by permission; copyright Sage Publications Inc.]
In: Journal of elections, public opinion and parties, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 101-128
ISSN: 1745-7297
In: European journal of communication, Band 21, Heft 1
ISSN: 0267-3231
In: Political Communication
In: Communications: the European journal of communication research, Band 38, Heft 2
ISSN: 1613-4087
In: International journal of public opinion research, S. edw018
ISSN: 1471-6909
In: Political communication: an international journal, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 1-16
ISSN: 1091-7675
In: Political communication, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 1-16
ISSN: 1058-4609
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 241-266
ISSN: 1741-2757
Public attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are at the heart of a growing body of research. The nature, structure and antecedents of these attitudes, however, are in need of conceptual and empirical refinement. With growing diversification of the policies of the Union, a one-dimensional approach to attitudes towards the EU may be insufficient. This study reviews existing approaches towards theorizing EU public opinion. Based on this inventory, originally collected public opinion survey data (n = 1394) indicate the presence of five dimensions of EU attitudes: performance, identity, affection, utilitarianism and strengthening. The study furthermore shows that different predictors of EU public opinion matter to differing extents when explaining these dimensions. In light of these findings, we suggest tightening the link, conceptually and empirically, between attitudinal dimensions and their antecedents.
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 241-267
ISSN: 1465-1165
In: Journal of European public policy
ISSN: 1350-1763
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In: Journal of European public policy, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 506-526
ISSN: 1350-1763
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 506-526
ISSN: 1466-4429