Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Erik Wettergren Mörtenberg

Publications

• Review Article
  Local or Not? The Impact of Political System Factors on Media Election Coverage
  Author(s): Bengt Johansson and Erik Wettergren MörtenbergBengt Johansson and Erik Wettergren Mörtenberg
  
  This study aims to analyze the extent to whichpolitical system factors influence media election coverage by investigating the local election press coverage in Norway and Sweden. According to Hallin and Mancini’s framework on media systems, both countries belong to the Democratic Corporatist Model. But despite these similarities there are differences between the politicaland media systems in the Nordic countries. One important distinction is when elections are held. In Sweden, elections to national, regional and local parliaments take place on the same day every fourth year. In Norway, local and regional elections are held in-between national elections in four-year cycles. The design of the study can be characterized as a most similar system design. Media system and the political system are similar, but when local/regional elections take place in relation to national elections ar.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7912.1000164

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