Balanced or Biased? Interest Groups and Legislative Lobbying in the European News Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7971255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iskander De Bruycker (0000-0002-8304-4257), Jan Beyers (0000-0002-8287-1162) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 453-474 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| 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 | 10.1080/10584609.2014.958259 |
| OpenAlex | W2092846050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 71 |
| References cited | 72 |
This article examines the coverage of legislative lobbying in European news media. The starting point thereby is that lobbying in the crowded European Union (EU)-level interest community is not only a struggle for direct access to policymakers, but that in order to realize policy goals many interest groups rely on political attention generated by the media. Our main research question is how media attention is skewed toward particular interests and which factors explain these varying levels of prominence. Our empirical analysis is based on a set of 125 legislative proposals adopted by the European Commission between 2008 and 2010. For all these cases we identified 379 interest organizations that made public statements, we coded the amount of media attention these organized interests gained, the type of statements they made as well as some key organizational features. While the aggregate levels of attention look pretty balanced, our evidence shows that media prominence is skewed toward particular types of interests; in particular that organized interests which oppose a proposed policy gain significantly higher levels of media attention
Commission · Economics · European commission · European union · International economics · Legislature · Media coverage · Media studies · News media · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Public interest · Public relations · Sociology · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Media and Politics
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| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 71 |