Political parallelism in news and commentaries on the Haider conflict. A comparative analysis of Austrian, British, German, and French quality newspapers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7499036 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Berkel (Consultant at TNS Infratest Stakeholder Management, Landsberger Straße 338, D-80687 Munich, Germany., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-104 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communications (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0588-8018 • E-ISSN: 2102-5924 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/commun.2006.006 |
| OpenAlex | W2038108270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Normative theories of media functions require a clear distinction between the media's two roles as forum and speaker in public spheres. This article seeks to study potential violations of the rule of separating fact from opinion. The comparative content analysis takes a European political conflict, the so-called Haider debate, as a litmus test of objectivity of news reporting. The study reveals some critical consequences of the press' political involvement in the debate. In all countries under study, the press tends to incorporate journalistic evaluations into the news. The Haider debate was characterized by a ‘political parallelism’ of the press in a manner which Hallin and Mancini re-defined as ‘party-press parallelism’. The newspapers favorably gave voice to speakers supporting their own positions, thus instrumentalizing opportune witnesses. As a result, the newspapers ‘synchronized’ the coverage with their editorial stances, which lead to biased news reporting in all outlets
Content analysis · Epistemology · German · Linguistics · Litmus · Media studies · News media · Newspaper · Normative · Objectivity (philosophy · Parallelism (grammar · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |