MEDIA EN DE VERKIEZINGSCAMPAGNE: EEN VOORUITBLIK Prof. dr. Rens Vliegenthart @rensvl Staat van Nederland Dinsdag 4 oktober 2016 Political communication Publieke agenda setting The press "may not be successful much of the time in telling people what to think, but it is stunningly successful in telling its readers what to think about.” Cohen (1963) Priming When media salience of issues also becomes important when people make judgements. Framing Framing “Framing essentially involves selection and salience. To frame is to select some aspects of a perceived reality and make them more salient in a communicating text, in such a way as to promote a particular problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and / or treatment recommendation for the item described.” Entman (1993) “A frame is an emphasis in salience of different aspects of a topic.” De Vreese (2005) Media effecten (?) Trends (?) ‘Het wordt allemaal slechter’ Negativiteit Feitelijke berichtgeving? De horse race ‘sells’ Juiste berichtgeving? Media ‘in touch’? ‘Filterbubbles’ en ‘echochambers’? Maar wel: selectieve blootstelling Aparte mediaprofielen Tenslotte: een tweestrijd?