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Disproportionality in media representations of campaign negativity
2020
Political Science Research and Methods
We explore mediated representations of parties' campaign interactions in multi-party systems. Actors in multi-party systems can engage with different actors on multiple issues. One crucial aspect of such engagement is the element of negativity—voicing criticisms of other actors' actions and policy proposals. This contribution argues that the media systematically exaggerate patterns of negativity based on issue ownership structures, such that attacks originating from or targeting issue owners
doi:10.1017/psrm.2020.4
fatcat:76jcpanjxvfcdfjq5fd7nfh2yy