Media framing of political scandals

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ID20073594
AuthorsJ Maier (0000-0001-8301-5125), Carolin Jansen, Christian Von Sikorski (0000-0002-3787-8277)
Year2019
Pages104-114
Publication date2019-03-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueRoutledge Companion to Media and Scandal (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781351173001-11
OpenAlexW2935412885
ISBN9781351173001
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

This chapter describes the main idea of framing as well as the core problems of the approach. It provides an overview of the research on media framing of political scandals. The chapter suggests that an approach on how to assess two general frames often used in scandal coverage: the attack frame and the defense frame. There is evidence that media coverage of political scandals—defined as “intense public communication about a real or imagined defect that is by consensus condemned, and that meets universal indignation or outrage” —has increased during the last decades. Framing theory has also been applied to research on political scandals, namely media coverage of political scandals. There is a striking difference between the picture of the plagiarism scandal as conveyed by BILD and that of the other newspapers. By shaping the interpretation of a scandal, the media can influence public discourse and citizens’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior

Archaeology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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