The Icelandic media coverage of the constitutional assembly election
On November 27, 2010, the people of Iceland elected 25 individuals to the country’s constitutional assembly. As there were 522 candidates for the 25 seats in the assembly, the media were faced with a new dilemma, i.e. how to ensure impartiality and objectivity in their coverage of the candidates and...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/1184 2023-05-15T16:47:52+02:00 The Icelandic media coverage of the constitutional assembly election Kolbeins, Guðbjörg Hildur 2012-12-15 application/pdf http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.2.9 https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.2.9 eng eng Stjórnsýslustofnun http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.2.9/pdf_275 http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.2.9 doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.2.9 Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Árg. 8, Nr 2 (2012); 367-388 Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Árg. 8, Nr 2 (2012); 367-388 1670-679X 1670-6803 Agenda-setting Elections News Mass media info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2012 fticelandunivojs https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.2.9 2022-09-21T13:38:43Z On November 27, 2010, the people of Iceland elected 25 individuals to the country’s constitutional assembly. As there were 522 candidates for the 25 seats in the assembly, the media were faced with a new dilemma, i.e. how to ensure impartiality and objectivity in their coverage of the candidates and the subject matter. The present study compares the media coverage of the constitutional assembly election to two other national elections; the general election in the spring of 2009 and the municipal election in the spring of 2010. All news stories in the 13 major print, broadcast and online news outlets in Iceland were coded two weeks prior to each election. The results indicate that the national media almost ignored the constitutional assembly election in comparison to the other elections. There were 632 news stories on the general election, 590 stories on the municipal election but only 165 stories on the constitutional assembly election. The lack of coverage of the candidates for the constitutional assembly seems to reveal that the traditional media, i.e. the print and broadcast media, and the online media did not know how to best serve and inform the public in the democratic process. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 8 2 367 |
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On November 27, 2010, the people of Iceland elected 25 individuals to the country’s constitutional assembly. As there were 522 candidates for the 25 seats in the assembly, the media were faced with a new dilemma, i.e. how to ensure impartiality and objectivity in their coverage of the candidates and the subject matter. The present study compares the media coverage of the constitutional assembly election to two other national elections; the general election in the spring of 2009 and the municipal election in the spring of 2010. All news stories in the 13 major print, broadcast and online news outlets in Iceland were coded two weeks prior to each election. The results indicate that the national media almost ignored the constitutional assembly election in comparison to the other elections. There were 632 news stories on the general election, 590 stories on the municipal election but only 165 stories on the constitutional assembly election. The lack of coverage of the candidates for the constitutional assembly seems to reveal that the traditional media, i.e. the print and broadcast media, and the online media did not know how to best serve and inform the public in the democratic process. |
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