Media logic in election campaign coverage

被引:32
作者
Takens, Janet [1 ]
van Atteveldt, Wouter [1 ]
van Hoof, Anita [1 ]
Kleinnijenhuis, Jan [1 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
Content analysis; journalism; media logic; news/information; political communication; POLITICAL COMMUNICATION; GERMAN PRESS; NEWS; PERSONALIZATION; MEDIATIZATION; OPERATIONALIZATIONS; DIVERSITY; CANDIDATES; IMPACT; POWER;
D O I
10.1177/0267323113478522
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
The media logic thesis holds that the content of political news is the product of news values and format requirements that media make use of to attract news consumers. This study tests whether three content characteristics - personalized, contest and negative coverage - manifest a single media logic by analysing whether they co-vary over time. It also tests the implicit assumption underlying the media logic thesis that media adhere to a single media logic as one institution. A semantic network analysis measured the degree to which television and newspaper coverage of five Dutch national election campaigns (1998-2010) contained the three content characteristics. The study shows that personalized, contest and negative coverage form three indicators of a single logic that is shared by different media. Since the turn of the century, Dutch political news has simultaneously become decreasingly personalized, less focused on the contest and less negative.
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页码:277 / 293
页数:17
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