TY - JOUR
T1 - Political Information Opportunities in Europe
T2 - A Longitudinal and Comparative Study of Thirteen Television Systems
AU - Esser, Frank
AU - de Vreese, Claes H.
AU - Strömbäck, Jesper
AU - van Aelst, Peter
AU - Aalberg, Toril
AU - Stanyer, James
AU - Lengauer, Günther
AU - Berganza, Rosa
AU - Legnante, Guido
AU - Papathanassopoulos, Stylianos
AU - Salgado, Susana
AU - Sheafer, Tamir
AU - Reinemann, Carsten
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - This study examines the supply of political information programming across thirteen European broadcast systems over three decades. The cross-national and cross-temporal design traces the composition and development of political information environments with regard to the amount and placement of news and current affairs programs on the largest public and private television channels. It finds that the televisual information environments of Israel and Norway offer the most advantageous opportunity structure for informed citizenship because of their high levels of airtime and a diverse scheduling strategy. The study contributes to political communication research by establishing "political information environments" as a theoretically and empirically grounded concept that informs and supplements the comparison of "media systems." If developed further, it could provide an information-rich, easy-to-measure macro-unit for future comparative research.
AB - This study examines the supply of political information programming across thirteen European broadcast systems over three decades. The cross-national and cross-temporal design traces the composition and development of political information environments with regard to the amount and placement of news and current affairs programs on the largest public and private television channels. It finds that the televisual information environments of Israel and Norway offer the most advantageous opportunity structure for informed citizenship because of their high levels of airtime and a diverse scheduling strategy. The study contributes to political communication research by establishing "political information environments" as a theoretically and empirically grounded concept that informs and supplements the comparison of "media systems." If developed further, it could provide an information-rich, easy-to-measure macro-unit for future comparative research.
KW - broadcast systems
KW - comparative research
KW - incidental learning
KW - news and public affairs coverage
KW - political information environment
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U2 - 10.1177/1940161212442956
DO - 10.1177/1940161212442956
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AN - SCOPUS:84861734152
SN - 1940-1612
VL - 17
SP - 247
EP - 274
JO - International Journal of Press/Politics
JF - International Journal of Press/Politics
IS - 3
ER -