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Loss of Parliamentary Control Due to Mediatization and Europeanization: A Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Analysis of Agenda Building in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2008

LONNEKE VAN NOIJE
Affiliation:
Department of Communication Science, Free University Amsterdam
JAN KLEINNIJENHUIS
Affiliation:
Department of Communication Science, Free University Amsterdam
DIRK OEGEMA
Affiliation:
Department of Communication Science, Free University Amsterdam

Abstract

The central question in this study is whether the power of the media agenda over the political agenda has recently increased. The agenda-building dynamics are established using cross-country time-series data on four issues, covering fifteen and eight years respectively of British and Dutch parliamentary debates and newspaper articles. Structural equation models show that the parliamentary agenda is more influenced by the media agenda than the other way around, and that the power balance has shifted even more in favour of the media. It is additionally found that media power is especially associated with issues within the European domain. This study contributes empirically to the 'mediatization' debate in a EU context, which is largely limited to the realm of theoretical speculation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2008 Cambridge University Press

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