Informing the Public
How Party Communication Builds Opportunity Structures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6335209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastian Adrian Popa (0000-0001-7447-1014, University of Newcastle Australia), Zoltán Fazekas (0000-0001-8938-2903), Daniela Braun (0000-0002-3962-2021), Melanie Leidecker-Sandmann (0000-0001-7203-2448), Melanie-Marita Leidecker-Sandmann |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-349 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584609.2019.1666942 |
| OpenAlex | W2969494845 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 72 |
We argue that the attention parties devote to a topic contributes to expanding the opportunity structure to acquire information that party supporters have. We evaluate this proposition in a comparative manner by focusing on an elite-driven new topic, namely the Spitzenkandidaten system in European Parliament elections. We link candidate recognition survey data from 28 countries with over 175 party electoral programs, press releases, and Twitter communication before the 2014 European Parliament elections. Our results show that especially what parties emphasize or decide to talk about on Twitter contributes to what their supporters will know. As proposed, this is an indirect effect through a general contribution to the information environment in election campaigns. However, party communication portfolios should not discount traditional tools given that these can also contribute to the opportunity structures available to party supporters
Elite · General election · Opportunity structures · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Primary election · Proposition · Public relations · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Social Media and Politics
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The Question(s) of Political Knowledge
| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |