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Media and lawmaking : exploring the media's role in legislative processes
Research on media and politics often conveys an impression that all politics is mediatized. The concept ‘politics’ however delineates many things and not all types of political processes have been studied to the same extent. The aim of this study is to explore the media’s role in lawmaking. A preliminary investigation suggests that media attention affects the behavior of political actors during legislative processes. To study how that dynamic works three in-depth case studies are conducted in the Netherlands. The comparative analysis of the cases shows that media coverage played a role in the legislative processes, but that it had limited, if any, influence on the final outcomes. Political actors referred to media coverage or asked questions inspired by media attention during the process, and in very exceptional cases introduced an amendment or motion partly because of media reports. The effect of media attention on support for amendments, motions and bills was however negligible. The media’s influence on lawmaking seems to mainly be an emphasizing effect: as a source of information media coverage puts emphasis on issues, arguments or actors, and as a rhetorical instrument it is used by MPs to emphasize the correctness, topicality, or importance of one’s position.
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- All authors
- Melenhorst, L.D.
- Supervisor
- Holsteyn, J.J.M. van; Aelst, P. van
- Committee
- Koole, R.A.; Tromble, R.; Voermans, W.J.M.; Walgrave, S.; Brants, K.L.K.; Jacobs, K.T.J.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Institute of Political Science, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University
- Date
- 2017-03-21
Funding
- Sponsorship
- De totstandkoming van dit proefschrift is financieel mogelijk gemaakt door de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), als onderdeel van het Vidi-project Beyond Agenda-setting: Towards a better understanding of the power relationship between politicians and journalists van Prof. dr. P. Van Aelst (projectnummer 452-10-016).