Event-, politics-, and audience-driven news: A comparison of populism in European media coverage in 2016 and 2017

2019
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Esser, F.Stępińska, A.
Pekácek, O.
Seddone, A.
Papathanassopoulos, S.
Peicheva, D.
Milojević, Ana

Blassnig, S.
Engesser, S.
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This chapter focuses on trends in reporting over time. It examines the presence of populist key messages in European newspapers coverage of immigration and commentaries on current political events, at two points in time, spring 2016 and spring 2017. The chapter explores the similarities and differences in the populist content of newspapers between the two periods and identifies a set of extra-media and intra-media explanatory factors contributing to the understanding of the emerging differences in a year-to-year comparison. The findings show that the presence of populism in news and commentaries in some countries is loosely related to actual migration dynamics (see Germany and Greece), whereas in other countries it seems to follow more intensive political debates, although actual immigration is less dramatic (Bulgaria, Poland). There are fewer indications than expected that the populist tendencies in news and commentaries are a reaction to the intensity with which the population views ...immigration as an important national issue or is dissatisfied with decisions by political elites. Finally, there are strong indications of the great importance of intra-media factors in explaining populism in news and commentary.
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Communicating Populism: Comparing Actor Perceptions, Media Coverage, and Effects on Citizens in Euro, 2019, 123-140Publisher:
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FPNTY - CHAP AU - Esser, F. AU - Stępińska, A. AU - Pekácek, O. AU - Seddone, A. AU - Papathanassopoulos, S. AU - Peicheva, D. AU - Milojević, Ana AU - Blassnig, S. AU - Engesser, S. PY - 2019 UR - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/713 AB - This chapter focuses on trends in reporting over time. It examines the presence of populist key messages in European newspapers coverage of immigration and commentaries on current political events, at two points in time, spring 2016 and spring 2017. The chapter explores the similarities and differences in the populist content of newspapers between the two periods and identifies a set of extra-media and intra-media explanatory factors contributing to the understanding of the emerging differences in a year-to-year comparison. The findings show that the presence of populism in news and commentaries in some countries is loosely related to actual migration dynamics (see Germany and Greece), whereas in other countries it seems to follow more intensive political debates, although actual immigration is less dramatic (Bulgaria, Poland). There are fewer indications than expected that the populist tendencies in news and commentaries are a reaction to the intensity with which the population views immigration as an important national issue or is dissatisfied with decisions by political elites. Finally, there are strong indications of the great importance of intra-media factors in explaining populism in news and commentary. PB - Taylor and Francis T2 - Communicating Populism: Comparing Actor Perceptions, Media Coverage, and Effects on Citizens in Euro T1 - Event-, politics-, and audience-driven news: A comparison of populism in European media coverage in 2016 and 2017 EP - 140 SP - 123 DO - 10.4324/9780429402067-7 ER -
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Esser, F., Stępińska, A., Pekácek, O., Seddone, A., Papathanassopoulos, S., Peicheva, D., Milojević, A., Blassnig, S.,& Engesser, S.. (2019). Event-, politics-, and audience-driven news: A comparison of populism in European media coverage in 2016 and 2017. in Communicating Populism: Comparing Actor Perceptions, Media Coverage, and Effects on Citizens in Euro Taylor and Francis., 123-140. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429402067-7
Esser F, Stępińska A, Pekácek O, Seddone A, Papathanassopoulos S, Peicheva D, Milojević A, Blassnig S, Engesser S. Event-, politics-, and audience-driven news: A comparison of populism in European media coverage in 2016 and 2017. in Communicating Populism: Comparing Actor Perceptions, Media Coverage, and Effects on Citizens in Euro. 2019;:123-140. doi:10.4324/9780429402067-7 .
Esser, F., Stępińska, A., Pekácek, O., Seddone, A., Papathanassopoulos, S., Peicheva, D., Milojević, Ana, Blassnig, S., Engesser, S., "Event-, politics-, and audience-driven news: A comparison of populism in European media coverage in 2016 and 2017" in Communicating Populism: Comparing Actor Perceptions, Media Coverage, and Effects on Citizens in Euro (2019):123-140, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429402067-7 . .