How political actors use the media: A functional analysis of the media’s role in politics

Stefaan Walgrave; Julie Sevenans; Alon Zoizner; Matthew Ayling

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60249-3_7

How political actors use the media: A functional analysis of the media’s role in politics

Stefaan Walgrave, Julie Sevenans, Alon Zoizner, Matthew Ayling

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We employ a novel design to explore to what extent the media are significant information suppliers for politicians. In three countries-Belgium, Canada, and Israel-we surveyed national political elites and asked them about the main, actual media stories published in the weeks preceding the interview. Elites were asked whether they knew about the underlying news fact before it appeared in the news media and what share of all they knew about the underlying facts originated from news media coverage. Their answers seem to suggest that their media dependency is quite strong. Most importantly, story features and characteristics of individual politicians interactively determine to what extent a politician is dependent on the media for information about current affairs.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	How Political Actors Use the Media
Subtitle of host publication	A Functional Analysis of the Media's Role in Politics
Place of Publication	Cham
Pages	127-145
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319602493
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60249-3_7
State	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes

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