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- Falasca, Kajsa, 1976-
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Framing the Financial Crisis : An unexpected interaction between the government and the press
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Ingår i: Observatorio (OBS*). - 1646-5954. ; 8:1, s. 1-21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores the dynamic interaction between government and news media in the frame-building process, the process of shaping journalistic news frames, during the financial crisis that erupted in September 2008. The unexpected as well as event-driven character of the financial crisis is expected to create dynamics that challenge journalists' dependence on powerful political actors as the national government by opening up the news gate wider to various voices and perspectives. However, the findings of this study indicate unexpected results as the government dominates the frame-building process. In order to empirically explore the frame-building process, this paper employs framing theory to analyse political actors' messages and news media coverage. The study employs two sets of data, the first a content analysis of news coverage and the second a content analysis of political messages, during a three month period in Sweden following the eruption of the financial crisis. Overall, the results of this study indicate that powerful political actors' ability to influence frame-building follows the predictable pattern of indexing also during an unexpected event thus limiting press independence.
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- Falasca, Kajsa, 1976-
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Political news journalism : Media interventionism across three news reporting contexts
- 2014
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Election news coverage has a tendency to frame politics as a strategic game, to increase the role of the journalists as interpreters of political issues and events, and to include a conflict frame. These patterns in election news coverage indicate increased mediatization where media logic rather than political logic governs news media content. However, political news research outside of the election campaign indicate that news media is less independent from political actors. Drawing on literature on mediatization, media interventionism, political news journalism, news framing and source use, the purpose of this article is to empirically investigate whether election news coverage is representative of political news journalism in terms of degree of mediatization. The study is based on a systematic comparison of three content analyses based on the same coding schedule and coding procedure from different news coverage; the Financial Crisis 2008, the Election Campaign 2010 and routine political news coverage 2012 in Sweden. The main conclusion from this study is that mediatization of media coverage is substantially influenced by the specific context of the news. In sum, mediatization of political journalism is moderated by different news reporting contexts such as the election campaign.
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- Falasca, Kajsa, 1976-
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Political news journalism : Mediatization across three news reporting contexts
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Ingår i: European Journal of Communication. - : SAGE Publications. - 0267-3231 .- 1460-3705. ; 29:5, s. 583-597
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Election coverage has a tendency to frame politics as a strategic game, to increase the role ofjournalists as interpreters of issues and events and to include a conflict frame, and thus indicatingincreased mediatization. However, political news research outside of the election indicates thatnews media are less independent from political actors. Drawing on literature on mediatization,media interventionism, political news journalism, news framing and source use, the purpose of thisarticle is to empirically investigate whether election coverage is representative of other politicaljournalism in terms of degree of mediatization. The study is based on a systematic comparisonof three content analyses using the same coding schedule and procedure from coverage of theFinancial Crisis 2008, the Election Campaign 2010 and routine political news coverage 2012in Sweden. The main conclusion from this study is that mediatization of media coverage issubstantially influenced by the specific context of the news.
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- Falasca, Kajsa, 1976-, et al.
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Priming Effects During the Financial Crisis : Accessibility and applicability mechanisms behind government approval
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigates priming effects during the global financial crisis that erupted in September 2008. Using two longitudinal data sources on public opinion dynamics in Sweden between 2007 and 2010, we find no evidence of a basic priming hypothesis. Despite a substantial increase in negative media coverage of the economy and a clear growth in public concern, citizens did not attach greater weight to economic considerations in their government approval assessments following the outbreak of the economic crisis. Drawing upon the distinction between accessibility and applicability mechanisms, however, additional analysis shows that priming of economic considerations was moderated by citizens' attributions of responsibility for current economic developments. Citizens who primarily considered the ups and downs of the Swedish economy as being a result of the financial crisis were substantially less inclined to let their economic perceptions influence government approval than those who viewed economic developments as caused by government action. These results support the notion of priming as a two-step process, whereby heavy news coverage of the financial crisis increases the accessibility of economic considerations among the audience, but whether these considerations are used in government approval assessments depends on their perceived applicability as well.
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- Shehata, Adam, et al.
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Priming effects during the financial crisis : accessibility and applicability mechanisms behind government approval
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Ingår i: European Political Science Review. - 1755-7739 .- 1755-7747. ; 6:4, s. 597-620
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigates priming effects during the global financial crisis that erupted in September 2008. Using two longitudinal data sources on public opinion dynamics in Sweden between 2007 and 2010, we find no evidence of a basic priming hypothesis. Drawing upon the distinction between accessibility and applicability mechanisms, however, additional analysis indicates that priming of economic considerations was moderated by citizens’ attributions of responsibility for current economic developments. These results support the notion of priming as a two-step process, whereby heavy news coverage of thefinancial crisis increases the accessibility of economic considerations among the audience, but whether these considerations are used in government approval assessments depends on their perceived applicability as well.
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- Strömbäck, Jesper, 1971-, et al.
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Do Campaign Strategies and Tactics Matter? : Exploring Party Elite Perceptions of What Matters When Explaining Election Outcomes
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Ingår i: Journal of Public Affairs. - : Wiley. - 1472-3891 .- 1479-1854. ; 13:1, s. 41-52
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In research on political campaign communication, it is often assumed that campaign strategies and tactics are highly important for explaining election outcomes. In contrast, most research in political science tends to emphasize the importance of political substance, long-term factors such as party identification, and real-world conditions for explaining election outcomes.Although political parties in practice treat election campaigns as highly important and consequential, there is virtually no research on how party elites perceive the importance of campaign strategies and tactics when explaining election outcomes. Hence, drawing on a survey among Swedish members of parliament, this study investigates party elite perceptions of what matters when people decide which party to vote for and of what matters when explaining election outcomes. In brief, the results show that members of parliament perceive campaign strategies and tactics as significantly less important than the substance of politics. In the concluding analysis, the implications of the results are analyzed.
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