Mass media attention to welfare state reforms
Evidence from Britain, 1996–2014
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6405740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carsten Jensen (0000-0002-4346-031X, Aarhus University), Seonghui Lee (0000-0003-4562-2121, Aarhus University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-132 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2018.1466246 |
| OpenAlex | W2800847620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
One of the core questions facing political scientists is how politicians are able to implement cutbacks without suffering electoral backlash. A possible explanation might be that the mass media refrain from reporting on welfare state reforms in a consistent way. In order to explore this, two unique datasets have been collected: one contains information on all policy reforms of British old age pensions and unemployment protection from 1996 to 2014, and the other contains hand-coded media articles that allow the tracking on a monthly basis of what reforms are picked up. It is found that the mass media report on cutbacks, but not on expansions, and that they prioritise easy-to-understand cutbacks over cutbacks that are more technical in nature
Backlash · Economic growth · Economics · Mass media · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Tracking (education · Unemployment · Welfare · Welfare reform · Welfare state · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |