The reciprocal relationship between policy debate and media coverage: The case of road pricing policy in the Netherlands

Ardıç, Özgül; Annema, Jan Anne; Wee, Bert van

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2015.06.003

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“…The coding procedure was conducted as part of a larger project on the role of the media in road pricing policy process. The coding scheme included six frames (see Ardıç et al, 2013Ardıç et al, , 2015. once per news article.…”

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The association between news and attitudes towards a Dutch road pricing proposal

Ardıç¹,

Annema

Molin

et al. 2016

Transportation

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The association between news and attitudes towards a Dutch road pricing proposal

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Molin

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“…This opposition from the ANWB was also supported by other interest groups (see Table 4). The ANWB campaign was widely covered by the media and the coverage of the policy in one of newspapers with the highest readership rate in the Netherlands (De Telegraaf) was negative (see Ardıç et al, 2014;Ardıç et al, 2013). Such furious opposition by the anti-Rekeningrijden coalition, coupled with negative coverage of the policy in the media, affected the policy positions of members of pro-Kilometerheffing coalition (e.g., the VVD) (Hendriks and Tops, 2001).…”

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Non-implementation of road pricing policy in the Netherlands: An application of the ‘Advocacy Coalition Framework’

Ardıç

Annema

Wee

2015

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

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The implementation of road pricing policies is dependent on political support for the policy. It is frequently argued that many pricing proposals fail to be implemented due to the opposition of one or a group of policy actors (e.g. political parties, interest groups). This study considers this issue and examines the reasons for non-implementation of proposals for Dutch road pricing policies by analysing the policy position changes of 26 major policy actors and the changes in consensus and conflict among these actors over a policy process of 16 years. The “Advocacy Coalition Framework” (ACF) is used as the theoretical lens. Our findings show that in the Netherlands non-implementation cannot be ascribed to only the opposition of one policy actor or to one group of policy actors, but rather to features of the Dutch political system/culture and complications peculiar to the road pricing subsystem (socio-cultural values related to mobility, complex design issues). We found that internal and external shocks, and policy-oriented learning affected the subsystem and alerted the power balance between pro-and anti-road pricing coalitions. However, these factors did not produce a major policy change, namely, the introduction of a road pricing scheme.

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“…(Government of Canada 2018) At least since the time of Walter Lippman, the quality of news coverage has been linked explicitly to informed public opinion, political agendas and policymaking, a relationship whose mechanics continue to be probed and debated. (McCombs 2017;Ardıç, Annema, and van Wee 2015;Strömbäck 2008;Melenhorst 2015;Wolfe, Jones, and Baumgartner 2013;Tan and Weaver 2009;Kim and McCombs 2007;Davis 2007) Recent years, however, have witnessed dramatic alterations in the global information ecosystem. People no longer need to rely on the news media for the formation, debate and expression of opinions; public information is increasingly available directly to anyone, and anyone can easily publish their own opinions or launch a new platform for facts, alleged facts and opinion, almost instantly and with no capital investment.…”

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Just who do Canadian journalists think they are? Political role conceptions in global and historical perspective

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In view of the robust link often inferred between autonomous journalism and the strength of a society's democratic institutions, and against the background of current challenges to journalists' traditional roles as purveyors of timely and independent information, we interviewed 352 Canadian journalists about their social and political roles and the influences on their news choices. Comparison of their responses against an international dataset (N=27,567) suggests that Canadian journalists place greater value on detached monitorial roles and claim relative autonomy from commercial and other influences on their work. Further, in comparing these findings to an influential panel study from 1999 to 2003, we conclude that the Canadian journalists' “credo," focused on neutral reporting and oriented more to perceived public interest than to business or audience interests, remains surprisingly intact despite contemporary pressures on news forms and business models. This professed neutrality is mitigated by a desire to promote diversity and tolerance.

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The reciprocal relationship between policy debate and media coverage: The case of road pricing policy in the Netherlands

Cited by 5 publications

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The association between news and attitudes towards a Dutch road pricing proposal

The association between news and attitudes towards a Dutch road pricing proposal

Non-implementation of road pricing policy in the Netherlands: An application of the ‘Advocacy Coalition Framework’

Just who do Canadian journalists think they are? Political role conceptions in global and historical perspective

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