Media Coverage and Public Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7971208 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew P Hitt (0000-0003-0762-1929), Kathleen Searles (0000-0001-8145-9582) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 566-586 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-02 |
| 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 | 10.1080/10584609.2018.1467517 |
| OpenAlex | W2803536108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 69 |
When citizens believe the U.S. Supreme Court makes decisions in an insincere or politicized manner, their specific support for the institution can decline. The Court's relative aversion to publicity means the media are the primary source of information about its decisions. We design a survey experiment that varies the type of coverage—game frame or principled. Game-frame coverage reduces agreement with and acceptance of the decision discussed. We then classify and analyze more than 1,000 transcripts of broadcast coverage of salient Court decisions from 1990–2010. Not only has game-frame coverage of the Court increased, but this coverage partially explains recent declines in specific support for the institution
Concurring opinion · Court of record · Frame (networking · Institution · Media coverage · Media studies · Original jurisdiction · Political science · Publicity · Salient · Sociology · Supreme court · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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Media Attention and Deliberation on the Supreme Court
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Affective Polarization and Support for the U.S. Supreme Court
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Partisan sorting, fatalism, and Supreme Court legitimacy
Trust in the Judiciary and Partisan Reactions to Judicial Checks
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The framing of politics as strategy and game
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Shattering the Myth of Legality
Game-Framing the Issues
Afterword
An Economic Theory of Supreme Court News
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Information Equivalence in Survey Experiments
Text as Data
Error Correction Methods with Political Time Series
Treating Time with All Due Seriousness
The Methodology of Cointegration
Modeling Dynamics in Time-Series–Cross-Section Political Economy Data
The Etiology of Public Support for the Supreme Court
Measuring Issue Salience
Ideological Divergence and Public Support for the Supreme Court
One Voice Among Many
Measuring Attitudes toward the United States Supreme Court
Social Capital and the Dynamics of Trust in Government
Taking Time Seriously
The Invisible Dance
Support For A Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
Framing
A New Era of Minimal Effects? The Changing Foundations of Political Communication
The Supreme Court and Local Public Opinion
| Unique citing works | 56 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 56 |