Sourcing the News: Comparing Source Use and Media Framing of the 2009 EP Elections

STRÖMBÄCK, Jesper, Ralph NEGRINE, David Nicolas HOPMANN, Carlos JALALI, Rosa BERGANZA, Gilg U H SEEBER, Jaromír VOLEK, Boguslawa DOBEK, Juri MYKKÄNEN, Michaela MAIER, Belluati MARINELLA and Andra SECELEANU. Sourcing the News: Comparing Source Use and Media Framing of the 2009 EP Elections. Journal of Political Marketing. London, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2012, XII., No 2, p. 1-23, 24 pp. ISSN 1537-7857.

Basic information

• Original name: Sourcing the News: Comparing Source Use and Media Framing of the 2009 EP Elections
• Name in Czech: Zpravodajské zdrojování: Komparativní analýza zdrojování a rámcování voleb do evropského parlamentu 2009
• Authors: STRÖMBÄCK, Jesper (752 Sweden, guarantor), Ralph NEGRINE (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), David Nicolas HOPMANN (208 Denmark), Carlos JALALI (620 Portugal), Rosa BERGANZA (380 Italy), Gilg U H SEEBER (40 Austria), Jaromír VOLEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Boguslawa DOBEK (616 Poland), Juri MYKKÄNEN (246 Finland), Michaela MAIER (276 Germany), Belluati MARINELLA (428 Latvia) and Andra SECELEANU (642 Romania).
• Edition: Journal of Political Marketing, London, New York, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2012, 1537-7857.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/12:00062570
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords (in Czech): volby do EP zdrojování, rámcování
• Keywords in English: EP elections sourcing framing
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Studie analyzuje a porovnává užití zpravodajských rutin a reprezentačních mechanismů užitých médii vybraných členských zemí EU.

Abstract (in Czech)

The overall purpose of this study was to investigate and compare cross-national differences and similarities in the use of news sources, and the extent to which the use of news sources was correlated with the media’s framing of politics and the EU. To briefly summarize the results, they show that across countries, official sources clearly dominated in the media’s coverage of the 2009 EP election campaigns; that domestic politicians was the dominant source category overall; that international official sources and, even more noteworthy, spokespersons for the EU were rather seldom included as sources, and more seldom than domestic official sources; and that official sources as a category is rather heterogeneous and masking important differences across sources within the overall category of official sources. The results have also shown that both ordinary people and journalists were regularly included as sources, although there were great variations across countries. In terms of the correlation between source use and the framing of politics, the results showed a positive correlation between the presence of journalists as sources, and a negative correlation between the presence of domestic official sources, and the framing of politics as a strategic game. Finally, in terms of the correlation between source use and the framing of EU, the results suggest a positive correlation between the presence of journalists as sources and a positive framing of the EU; and a negative correlation between the presence of spokespersons for the EU and a negative framing of the EU.