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Title
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Disentangling media effects : the impact of short-term and long-term news coverage on Belgian emergency assistance
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Author
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Abstract
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| Whether and how media are able to influence policy and the political decision-making process is still the topic of much debate. However, if news media are indeed able to influence policy, they are commonly believed to do so indirectly through their agenda-setting function - by getting issues onto the political agenda after sudden peaks of attention. Yet, despite the assertion of agenda-setting theory that policy changes occur mainly through steady advocacy of policy alternatives, little attention has been paid to the long-term effects of media exposure. The analysis of emergency assistance in Belgium from 2000-2008 shows that short-term and long-term media attention to specific countries affect decision-making in quite different ways. This study reveals different ways in which media attention can impact policymaking, as short-term attention mainly determines which countries receive assistance, while long-term attention affects the amount of assistance granted. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Cooperation and conflict: Nordic studies in international politics / Nordic International Studies Association [Stockholm] - Stockholm
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Publication
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Stockholm
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2016
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ISSN
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0010-8367
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DOI
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10.1177/0010836716640829
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Volume/pages
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51
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(2016)
, p. 428-446
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ISI
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000387842200002
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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