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- Title
Hvem er medierne i lommen på? Tv-nyhedernes dæning af politikere og emner i folketingsvalgkampe.
- Authors
Hopmann, David Nicolas; Elmelund-Præstekær, Christian
- Abstract
As in many other countries, it has been discussed for decades whether the media in Denmark, in particular television, is politically biased. The public debate suffers from two shortcomings, however. First, a theoretical argument explaining why and how the media can favour specific political parties or camps; second, the debate lacks an empirical basis enabling us to investigate actual media content. Based on a discussion of how media content is produced, this article presents a comprehensive empirical analysis of television news coverage of the national elections 1994-2007. Two main aspects of media content are studied: The general visibility of political parties and the parties' visibility with respect to specific policy issues. The results show no indication of a political bias favouring specific parties. Rather, the results indicate that media coverage is shaped by professional criteria for newsworthiness.
- Subjects
DENMARK; DANISH politics &; government; POLITICAL parties; TELEVISION broadcasting of news; ELECTIONS
- Publication
Politica: Tidsskrift for Politisk Videnskab, 2010, Vol 42, Issue 3, p310
- ISSN
0105-0710
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7146/politica.v42i3.69819