An Introduction to Political Communication

McNair, Brian

doi:10.4324/9780203699683

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“…The revision of sourcing practices can furthermore assist to lower the often cited dangers of heavy reliance on elite sources, as these might result in news management and manipulation in favour of those in power (Entman, 2004;McNair, 2003).…”

Section: Network Journalism and Sourcing Practicesmentioning

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Foreign reporting and sourcing practices in the network sphere: A quantitative content analysis of the Arab Spring in Belgian news media

Leuven

Heinrich

Deprez

2013

New Media & Society

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This article analyzes foreign news coverage and sourcing practices in contemporary newsrooms. It builds on theories concerned with the interplay between digital technologies and journalistic practice to explore the use of social media sources at professional journalistic outlets. The central research question deals with the diversity of sources in Belgian newspaper and TV news coverage of the grass roots uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and Syria in 2011. The quantitative content analysis shows how journalists under normal circumstances in their coverage of the street protests in Egypt and Tunisia still value traditional sourcing practices. In contrast, coverage of the Syrian uprising displays more characteristics of network journalism practices, which can be related to factors of proximity regarding news values. Moreover, we found that when covering Syria, Belgian journalists relied more on on-the-ground, non-mainstream sources that circumvented the restricted information access by means of digital networks and social media platforms.

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Section: Network Journalism and Sourcing Practicesmentioning

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Foreign reporting and sourcing practices in the network sphere: A quantitative content analysis of the Arab Spring in Belgian news media

Leuven

Heinrich

Deprez

2013

New Media & Society

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“…He refers to 'adversarial collusion', a situation that occurs in 'all liberal democracies with well developed commercial media ... an uneasy and compromised world of co-option and mutual exploitation'. This Faustian pact, seldom acknowledged by either side, results in a situation in which the 'media and political worlds to some extent constitute a single, closed world, apart from the audiences of voters and readers/viewers' (Johnston, following McNair, 1999;2003).…”

Section: 'Media' and 'Politics'mentioning

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Editorial

Teer-Tomaselli¹

2005

Critical Arts

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“…Press releases, press conferences and mediated events are only some of the communication instruments used in this context. Political actors increasingly put efforts into professionalizing their communications and complying as much as possible with the news values that shape the media's attention for political affairs (Street 2001;McNair 2003).…”

Section: The 'Eu Political Communication Playing Ground'mentioning

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‘Bridging the Gap’ between EU Politics and Citizens? The European Commission, National Media and EU Affairs in the Public Sphere

Bijsmans

Altides

2007

Journal of European Integration

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Information about political processes is an important prerequisite for debates in the public sphere, which can strengthen the legitimacy of decisions. This article analyses how far both Commission communication and media news coverage contain information on (a) policy issues, (b) the policy process and (c) the actors involved and the positions they take. Data have been gathered through a qualitative content analysis of Commission communication output and the news coverage in two Dutch and two German newspapers with regard to two specific policies: the sustainable use of natural resources and wastes and the accession process leading up to the Eastern Enlargement. The results suggest that the Commission and the national media emphasize different aspects of the EU political process. This could pose problems in terms of the legitimacy of EU policies and the Commission's role therein.

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An Introduction to Political Communication

Cited by 152 publications

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Foreign reporting and sourcing practices in the network sphere: A quantitative content analysis of the Arab Spring in Belgian news media

Foreign reporting and sourcing practices in the network sphere: A quantitative content analysis of the Arab Spring in Belgian news media

Editorial

‘Bridging the Gap’ between EU Politics and Citizens? The European Commission, National Media and EU Affairs in the Public Sphere

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