In the grip of politics? How political journalists in France and Germany perceive political influence on their work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7477690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Maurer (0000-0001-6023-7366, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1242-1259 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1464884917707139 |
| OpenAlex | W2612556656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 31 |
The purpose of this study was to find out whether countries with different media systems differed when exercising political influence (1) on political coverage and (2) in the exchanges of journalists and sources. France and Germany are suitable objects of comparison because Hallin and Mancini (2004) and others argued that French journalism showed higher levels of political parallelism. Hence, we should expect to find more influence in the French context. However, Hallin and Mancini did not focus on the rules shaping exchanges at the individual level. Taking this as our starting point, we compared high-ranking political journalists’ ( N = 284) perspectives on their interaction with political elites presenting them two statements measuring political influence. Our results suggest that French journalists perceived greater political influence on news content than did German journalists. In contrast, journalists working in France perceived that their political views had less influence on access to information than did their German counterparts. These results are in line with institutional and cultural differences between the countries’ politics-media contexts and suggest that political parallelism at the individual level plays a stronger role in the interactions of political journalists and political sources in Germany
Context (archaeology · German · Journalism · Media studies · Political communication · Political culture · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Ranking (information retrieval · Sociology · Computer Science · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |