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Referendum Campaigns in the Digital Age: Towards (More) Comparative Analyses in...
Udris, Linards; Eisenegger, MarkReferendum campaigns, which happen in many countries on the national or sub-national level, are highly important and special periods of political communication. Unlike elections, however, referendum campaigns are understudied phenomena. This thematic issue addresses patterns of referendum campaigns, which increasingly take place in digital and hybrid media environments, where political actors conduct campaigns ...
Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults’ Knowledge About and P...
Vogler, Daniel; Weston, Morley; Ryffel, Quirin; Rauchfleisch, Adrian; Jürgens, Pascal; Eisenegger, Mark; Schwaiger, Lisa; Christen, UrsThe news media are among the most important sources of information about political events, such as referendums. For young adults, the smartphone has become the main device for accessing news. However, we know little about the factors influencing mobile news consumption and how this consumption is related to political knowledge and political participation. This study investigates the antecedents of young individ...
Mapping and Explaining Media Quality: Insights from Switzerland’s Multilingual ...
Udris, Linards; Eisenegger, Mark; Vogler, Daniel; Schneider, Jörg; Häuptli, AndreaIn this article, we analyse how various macro- and meso-level factors influence news media’s provision of hard news, an important element of media quality. The research draws on a content analysis of more than 100,000 news items between 2015 and 2019 from 53 print, radio, TV, and online news outlets in Switzerland, a small state with three linguistically segmented media markets, each of which is partially influ...