Fogarty, B. J. (2011) Modeling the negotiation of newsworthiness. Politics and Policy, 39(6), pp. 1053-1076. (doi: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00326.x)
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Abstract
The news product we view each day is formed through negotiations and relationships between members of the press and elected and governmental officials. This negotiation of newsworthiness is inherently a bargaining process. Yet since the process is often hidden and sometimes implicit, it is near impossible for researchers to precisely observe and empirically model how the political news product is created. In this article, I propose a series of bargaining models to gain understanding of the negotiation of newsworthiness between the news media and the government. I establish that even though the government and politicians often have advantages in creating the news, informational control can be mitigated by increasing news outlets’ resources within a dense political news environment. The results provide a formal rationale for when we should and should not expect accountability reporting.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Fogarty, Dr Brian |
| Authors: | Fogarty, B. J. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Politics and Policy |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 1555-5623 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1747-1346 |
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