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The News Coverage of the 2004 European Parliamentary Election Campaign in 25 Countries
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Abstract This article analyses the news coverage of the 2004 European parliamentary elections in all 25 member states of the European Union (EU). It provides a unique pan-European overview of the campaign coverage based on an analysis of three national newspapers and two television newscasts in the two weeks... view more
This article analyses the news coverage of the 2004 European parliamentary elections in all 25 member states of the European Union (EU). It provides a unique pan-European overview of the campaign coverage based on an analysis of three national newspapers and two television newscasts in the two weeks leading up to the elections. On average, the elections were more visible in the 10 new member states than in the 15 old EU member states. The political personalities and institutional actors featured in news stories about the elections were generally national political actors and not EU actors. When evaluative, the news in the old EU-15 was generally negative towards the EU, whereas in the new countries a mixed pattern was found. The findings of the study are discussed in the light of the literature on the EU’s legitimacy and communication deficit.... view less
Keywords
EU
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Mass Communication
European Politics
Free Keywords
content analysis; European parliamentary election; legitimacy; media
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 477-504
Journal
European Union Politics, 7 (2006) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116506069440
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)