scholarly journals Coalition Governments and Party Competition: Political Communication Strategies of Coalition Parties

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iñaki Sagarzazu ◽  
Heike Klüver
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
Coalition Governments ◽  
Electoral Cycle ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Quantitative Text Analysis

Coalition parties have to reconcile two competing logics: they need to demonstrate unity to govern together, but also have to emphasize their own profile to succeed in elections. We argue that the electoral cycle explains whether unity or differentiation prevails. While differentiation dominates at the beginning and the end of the legislative term in close proximity to elections, compromise dominates the middle of the term when coalition governments focus on enacting a common policy agenda. To test our theoretical claims, we draw on an innovative quantitative text analysis of more than 21,000 press releases published by coalition parties from 2000 until 2010.

scholarly journals Errors have been made, others will be blamed: issue engagement and blame shifting in Prime Minister speeches during the economic crisis in Europe

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Traber ◽  
Martijn Schoonvelde ◽  
Gijs Schumacher
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
Prime Ministers ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Quantitative Text Analysis

In this paper we investigate prime ministers’ communication strategies during the most recent economic crisis in Europe. We argue that when electoral risk is high but governments’ policy options are severely limited, prime ministers will use specific communication strategies to mitigate electoral risks. We analyze two such communication strategies – issue engagement and blame shifting – by applying state-of-the-art quantitative text analysis methods on 5553 speeches of prime ministers in 9 EU member states. We find evidence for both strategies. Prime ministers talk about the economy more in response to both high (domestic) unemployment and low (domestic) GDP growth. Furthermore, we find the (domestic) unemployment rate to be the most consistent predictor of blame shifting: as the domestic unemployment rate goes up, this is followed by an increase in blame shifting towards banks, Greece and the Troika.

scholarly journals La comunicación institucional de contenidos sanitarios mediante notas de prensa y su reflejo en la prensa diaria. El caso de Aragón = Institutional communication of health contents through press releases and its presence in the daily press. The case of Aragón

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Florencio-Jesús García-Latorre ◽  
Carlos Aibar-Remón ◽  
Maite Gobantes-Bilbao
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Institutional Communication ◽  
One Year

Resumen: Introducción: La publicación de notas de prensa es una práctica habitual de los gabinetes de comunicación de los Departamentos de Salud autonómicos mediante la que ofrecen información relevante para un mejor conocimiento y utilización del sistema, la difusión de sus actividades y la rendición de cuentas. Objetivo: Analizar las características de los comunicados de prensa emitidos por la Dirección de Comunicación del Gobierno de Aragón y verificar el grado en que los temas tratados en estas informaciones obtienen visibilidad en los medios impresos. Material y método: Revisión de las notas de prensa de contenido sanitario durante un año y comprobación de si los temas propuestos han sido llevados a las páginas de los dos periódicos de ámbito autonómico de la comunidad. Resultados: Se encontraron 190 notas de prensa, generalmente centradas en aspectos de la gestión sanitaria. Un 43% no obtuvieron reflejo en la prensa. Entre los dos medios estudiados se observa una concordancia moderada en cuanto a los temas publicados. Conclusiones: La comunicación institucional puede ser considerada un tipo de comunicación política, con unas características particulares, que es filtrada y contrapesada por los medios dentro de su labor de control de las instituciones públicas.Palabras clave: Salud, Comunicación institucional, Notas de prensa, PrensaAbstract: Introduction: The publication of press releases is a common practice of press offices of the Regional Departments of Health to offer relevant information for a better knowledge and use of the health system, to publicize their activities and for accountability purposes. Objective: To analyze some features of the press releases issued by the Directorate of Communication of the Government of Aragon and also verify the extent to which the subjects covered in these informations obtain visibility in the print media. Material and method: A review of the health-related press releases during one year was carried out; we also checked whether the proposed issues were brought to the pages of the two regional newspapers. Results: 190 press releases were found, mainly focused on aspects of health management. 43% of those reports were not mentioned in the newspapers. Between the two dailies studied, a moderate level of agreement in the selection of the subjects that were translated into news was observed. Conclusions: Institutional communication can be considered a type of political communication, with particular features, that is filtered and counterbalanced by the media, given that one of its tasks is the monitoring and control of the performance of public institutions.Keywords: Health, Institutional communication, Press releases, Press 

scholarly journals The Role of the Party Press in the Electoral Process and Political Communication (Based on the Example of the 2012 Parliamentary Campaign)

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-121
Author(s):  
Vitaliy Peresada
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Electoral Process ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Party Press ◽  
2012 Election

The article studies the role of party press in the electoral process and political communication based on the example of the elections toVerkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2012. The classical party and short-term party periodicals are analyzed according to thematic orientation, content of publications, political and ideological bias. In particular, such official print periodicals of the leading political organizations as Communist, Svoboda/Liberty, Vseukrainski Visti/All-Ukrainian News and the party short-term periodicals distributed during the 2012 parliamentary campaign, were examined. The analysis of the party’s legal press and illegal press during the parliamentary election campaign is caused by a sharp increase of its circulation and titles, as well as by the renewed interest of a wide spectrum of recipients and future voters. Methods. The following general scientific research methods were used in the article: 1. Method of abstraction, which made it possible to determine the main categories of scientific work of mass communication direction: party periodicals, hidden party press, election periodicals, etc. The modeling method by which the role of party press in the election campaign was highlighted, which stipulated the influence on the voter’s final will. The method of analysis that provided a systematic study of the functional purpose of party periodicals in the election campaign. The method of induction and deduction, which contributed to a clearer definition of the party press role in information support of the election campaign. The study also used a comparison method. Results and conclusions. The study ascertained that in the 2012 election campaign, the party periodicals played a prominent role, which, however, was far from clear. Most of participants of the electoral process underestimated or neglected the importance of official party print media, focusing on the publications of alternative, cheap and primitive products (special issues, newsletters, etc.). Due to its bias, the party periodicals could not give the voters an objective idea of of electoral process and intra-party tendencies, all the more to form their conscious choices. The electoral practice of party periodicals showed mass inadequacy in solving typical propaganda tasks (declarativism, populism, meeting rhetoric, emphasis on supplementary aspects, etc.). The wide spread practice of the 2012 election campaign was the use of unethical methods of cross-party competition (“jeans” and “smearpiece”) as well as the use of semi-legal and illegal publications for public opinion’ provocations and manipulations.

Imperfect Bipartisanship and Spanish Pluralism

2016 ◽  
pp. 94-117
Author(s):  
Marta Pérez Escolar
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Sampling Methodology ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
European Parliament Elections

The objective of this research is to find if the success of Podemos in the 2014 European Parliament Elections and its activity on Twitter agrees with the theoretical perspectives that Dahlgren (2011) and De Ugarte (2007) developed or if there is a new civic participation paradigm that determines the success of the current political communication strategies. In order to verify this proposal, this study not only has applied Dahlgren and De Ugarte's theories, but it has also developed a tweets sampling methodology that permits collection and analysis of information from Podemos' tweets from the 25th March 2014 to the 24th May 2014. The main conclusion of this research is that there is not a ‘new civic participation model', but there are some emerging social and collective trends that De Ugarte and Dahlgren did not consider in their approaches, but that offer a context for the development of a new concept of “politics”.

scholarly journals Towards Holistic Governance of China’s E-Waste Recycling: Evolution of Networked Policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7407
Author(s):  
Xiuli Yang ◽  
Xin Miao ◽  
Jinli Wu ◽  
Ziwei Duan ◽  
Rui Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Electronic Products ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Quantitative Text Analysis ◽  
Evolution Tendency

Electronic products are being updated and replaced much faster and there is therefore an increasing growth in electronic waste (e-waste). In order to promote professional recycling of e-waste, the relevant government departments of China have published a series of policies. This paper aims to unearth the evolution tendency of the networked policies towards holistic governance of China’s e-waste recycling. Content analysis, quantitative text analysis and network analysis are applied to analyze relevant policy documents from 2001 to 2016. This paper illustrates evolution of policy themes, evolution of intergovernmental relationships, and evolution of policy relations. This study reveals policy intentions, maps policy progress, and unearths governance philosophy, providing an overall understanding of the policy ways by which the Chinese government has deployed its guiding strategies on professional recycling of e-waste. This paper illustrates how to approach holistic governance from perspective of networked policies, contributing to answering the central question of holistic governance about how to achieve it.

scholarly journals Framing the mass media: Exploring fake news as a frame embedded in political discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-76
Author(s):  
Jan R. Riebling ◽  
Ina von der Wense
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Recent Growth ◽  
News Frame ◽  
Quantitative Text Analysis

The recent growth of alternative media sites and sources has also seen the rise of an aggressive rhetoric decrying mass media or parts thereof as being untrustworthy and politically biased. While it is unclear whether the fake news debate is directly connected with this, it is surely a framing of mass media. In this article, we use techniques of quantitative text analysis in order to analyse how the fake news frame is structured and to understand its central determinants in terms of social context and political orientation. Using quantitative text analysis, we analyse the frame usage and semantic embeddedness in eight blogs. We find evidence for a generalised frame that tends to be independent of political orientation of the blog.

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