Langweilig? Wieso langweilig?: Die Presseberichterstattung zur Bundestagswahl 2013 im Langzeitvergleich

Leidecker, Melanie; Wilke, Jürgen

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-06151-7_7

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“…Hardly any media personalisation was found in German election campaign coverage (e.g. Holtz-Bacha, Langer, & Merkle, 2014;Leidecker & Wilke, 2015;Plasser, Pallaver, & Lengauer, 2009;Zeh & Schulz, 2015). These country-specific variations can, in large part, be explained by the differences in both the political and media systems of each country (Adam & Maier, 2010;Hallin & Mancini, 2004;Holtz-Bacha et al, 2014).…”

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The Spitzenkandidaten in the European Parliament Election Campaign Coverage 2014 in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom

Schulze

2016

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Elections to the European Parliament are characterised by a steady decline in voter turnout. To tackle this problem, in 2014, several groups of the European Parliament nominated pan-European Spitzenkandidaten who were expected to personalise the elections and mobilise European voters. Based on this development, this study analyses the media coverage of the 2014 EP elections with special focus on the role of the Spitzenkandidaten. A quantitative content analysis of European election campaign coverage in the opinion leading newspapers of three influential EU member states, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom was carried out. The results show large candidate-and country-specific differences regarding the visibility and thematic coverage of the EP elections in general as well as the presentation of the Spitzenkandidaten. The Spitzenkandidaten were not very visible in either the German, French, or British newspaper coverage. With respect to the presence and media personalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten, the newspaper coverage of the EP election does not demonstrate any mobilising effect and thus does not reflect the high expectations the European Parliament attributed to the nomination of the Spitzenkandidaten.

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The Spitzenkandidaten in the European Parliament Election Campaign Coverage 2014 in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom

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2016

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“…Rather, these results can be interpreted in the light of research on offline media personalization and citizens' offline interpersonal communication following media reception. With regard to the former, for the coverage of the 2013 run-up, Leidecker and Wilke (2015) found the majority of press articles of four German national newspapers to be personalized (see also Merkle, 2015). At the same time, it seems that personalized content about important political decisions that are extensively covered in the media has a significant influence on the frequency with which they are the subject of interpersonal conversations (Sommer, Fretwurst, Sommer, and Gehrau, 2012).…”

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Personalization 2.0? – Testing the personalization hypothesis in citizens’, journalists’, and politicians’ campaign Twitter communication

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This paper advances the research on personalization of political communication by investigating whether this process of focusing on politicians instead of political issues plays a role on Twitter. Results of a content analysis of 5,530 tweets posted in the run-up to the German federal election provide evidence that Twitter communication refers more often to politicians than to issues. However, tweets containing personal characteristics about political leaders play only a marginal role. When distinguishing among different groups of actors on Twitter (journalists, politicians, citizens), we find that citizens focus more on candidates than do journalists or politicians. Investigating the impact of a televised debate on Twitter communication, we observe that this person-centered event puts the focus on individual politicians instead of issues.

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“…The most discussed issue of the campaign therefore was, in which coalition Merkel would continue her chancellorship. With this lack of suspense, the campaign received comparably little attention of traditional media (see Leidecker & Wilke, 2014;Zeh & Schulz, 2014). Yet, the parties integrated the full scale of online media into their communication strategies.…”

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Internet, Social Media Use and Political Participation in the 2013 Parliamentary Election in Germany

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2015

Political Parties in the Digital Age

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Internet, Soc ial Media Use a nd Politica l Participatio n i n the 2013 Par lia me ntary El ectio n Expectations were running high when the internet became available for political communication. Terms like e-democracy, e-government, e-campaigning and e-voting stand for the hopes that were associated with the new possibilities of online communication and its interactive capacities. Politicians have long embraced the internet for their communication activities by establishing their own homepages and as a platform for their advertising. The proliferation of web 2.0 and the prospect of directly linking up with citizens raised further optimism as to the political engagement of voters.In a democracy, participation of citizens is regarded as a crucial basis for the legitimation of the representatives by the represented. Political actors are expected to inform citizens about their decisions and activities, citizens give their feedback at least by taking part in elections or by engaging in more active forms of political participation.Studies on the use of the internet and social networking sites for political communication and particularly their role in motivating or hindering political participation have only been presented during the last 10 to 15 years. Their findings are mixed and only few studies are based on a design that allows for clear statements about causality in the case of correlations.

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Langweilig? Wieso langweilig?: Die Presseberichterstattung zur Bundestagswahl 2013 im Langzeitvergleich

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

The Spitzenkandidaten in the European Parliament Election Campaign Coverage 2014 in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom

The Spitzenkandidaten in the European Parliament Election Campaign Coverage 2014 in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom

Personalization 2.0? – Testing the personalization hypothesis in citizens’, journalists’, and politicians’ campaign Twitter communication

Internet, Social Media Use and Political Participation in the 2013 Parliamentary Election in Germany

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