Winning Coverage in the U.S. Senate

Sellers, Patrick J.; Schaffner, Brian F.

doi:10.1080/10584600701641516

Cited by 38 publications

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“…(Bennett, 1996;Schönbach, De Ridder, & Lauf, 2001). Also for common politicians, for whom access may even be more crucial, relatively small status differences-for example, for a parliamentarian: being a committee chair or not-are strong predictors of media exposure (Cook, 1986;Sellers & Schaffner, 2007;Tresch, 2009). Some studies suggest that working hard in parliament leads to more coverage (Bowler, 2010;Midtbø, 2011), while others found no such diligence effect (Fogarty, 2008;Tsfati, Markowitz Elfassi & Waismel-Manor, 2010).…”

Section: The Arena Functionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information and Arena: The Dual Function of the News Media for Political Elites

Aelst

Walgrave

2016

J Commun

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How do individual politicians use the news media to reach their political goals? This study addresses the question by proposing an actor-centered, functional approach. We distinguish two essential functions (and sub-functions) the mass media have for political elites. The media are a source of information; politicians depend on it for pure information and they can profit from the momentum generated by media information. The media also are an arena elites need access to in order to promote themselves and their issues. These two functions offer certain politicians a structural advantage over others and, hence, are relevant for the power struggle among political elites. A systematic functional account allows to compare the role of the media across politicians and political systems.

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Section: The Arena Functionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information and Arena: The Dual Function of the News Media for Political Elites

Aelst

Walgrave

2016

J Commun

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“…Similar to the way that the media focus increased attention on pivotal actors in Congress (Cook, ; Kuklinski and Sigelman, ; Sellers and Schaffner, ), we argue that justices on the Court who are perceived as more vital to, or hold more institutional power in, the judicial process will receive heightened media attention (compared to other justices). Most notably, the media should display disproportionately greater coverage to the justice who they anticipate is most likely to be the pivotal median justice.…”

Section: The Personalization Of News Media Attention To the Supreme Cmentioning

confidence: 56%

“…Similar to the way that the media focus increased attention on pivotal actors in Congress (Cook, 1986;Kuklinski and Sigelman, 1992;Sellers and Schaffner, 2007), we argue that justices on the Court who are perceived as more vital to, or hold more institutional power in, the judicial process will receive heightened media attention (compared to other justices).…”

Section: The Personalization Of News Media Attention To the Supreme Cmentioning

confidence: 69%

Personalizing the U.S. Supreme Court Through Attention to Individual Justices

Fogarty

Qadri

Wohlfarth

2020

Social Science Quarterly

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Objectives We examine media incentives shaping the nature of U.S. Supreme Court justices’ news coverage and, in particular, how those incentives often lead news outlets to concentrate coverage on particular justices on the Court. Methods First, we examine and model aggregate, over time patterns of news attention devoted to individual justices in the New York Times over the past four decades. Second, we compare and model temporal variation in individual justice coverage relative to generic coverage of the Supreme Court. Findings The results suggest that particular justices receive disproportionate attention from the national news media. Further, we demonstrate how individual justices have received a greater proportion of print media coverage over time and in a way that is shaped by internal division among the justices. Conclusion The findings provide a more complete and nuanced understanding of how national media utilize resources to maximize journalistic impact and personalize the Court as an institution.

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“…Also for common politicians, for which access may even be more crucial, relative small status differences-e.g. for a parliamentarian: being a committee chair or not-are strong predictors of media exposure (Cook, 1986;Sellers & Schaffner, 2007;Tresch, 2009). Some studies suggest that working hard in parliament leads to more coverage (Bowler, 2010;Midtbø, 2011), while others found no such diligence effect (Fogarty, 2008;Tsfati, Markowitz Elfassi & Waismel-Manor, 2010).…”

Section: The Arena Functionmentioning

confidence: 99%