Information and Arena: The Dual Function of the News Media for Political Elites
Information and Arena: The Dual Function of the News Media for Political Elites
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DOI：
10.1111/jcom.12229
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发表时间：
2016-06
影响因子：
7.9
通讯作者：
P. Aelst;S. Walgrave
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作者：
P. Aelst;S. Walgrave
个别政客如何利用新闻媒体来实现他们的政治目标？这项研究通过提出一个以行动者为中心的、功能的方法来解决这个问题。我们区分了大众媒体对政治精英的两个基本功能(和子功能)。媒体是信息的来源；政客们依赖媒体获取纯粹的信息，他们可以从媒体信息产生的势头中获利。媒体也是精英们需要进入的舞台，以宣传自己和他们的问题。这两个功能为某些政客提供了相对于其他政客的结构性优势，因此与政治精英之间的权力斗争相关。一个系统的功能说明可以比较媒体在不同政客和政治制度中的作用。
How do individual politicians use the news media to reach their political goals? This study addresses the question by proposing an actor-centered, functional approach. We distinguish 2 essential functions (and subfunctions) the mass media have for political elites. The media are a source of information; politicians depend on it for pure information and they can profit from the momentum generated by media information. The media also are an arena elites need access to in order to promote themselves and their issues. These 2 functions offer certain politicians a structural advantage over others and, hence, are relevant for the power struggle among political elites. A systematic functional account enables comparisons of the role of the media across politicians and political systems.