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Investigating News Deserts on the Content Level: Geographical Diversity in Swis...
Vogler, Daniel; Weston, Morley; Udris, LinardsWith its diverse landscape of regional and local news media, Switzerland seems far from being a news desert. However, the centralization of editorial offices following the economic crisis of journalism has led to news outlets that share most of their content but appear under different names in different regions. This development has fostered fears about declining geographical diversity at the regional level in ...
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 ...
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...