Naslov
Representation of 2019 elections for European Parliament in Croatian traditional media

Autori
Vranić, Igor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
European Elections 2019: Populism & Euroscepticism

Mjesto i datum
Valencia, Španjolska, 20.11.2019. - 22.11.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
European elections ; Croatia ; traditional media ; agenda setting ; news

Sažetak
Thirty-nine years ago Karlheinz Reif and Herman Schmitt situated elections for European parliament in second-order political arena. As new member of European Union, Croatia participated only in two electoral cycles in 2013 and 2014 with low participation of voters ranging from 20-25%. Main aim of our research is to analyze media presentation of topics related to elections for European parliament in three main traditional newspapers in Croatia (Morning paper, Evening paper and 24 hours) and messages they tried to convey to potential voters. We have used quantitative analysis of the newspapers with article as a main unit of analysis, and have covered two weeks period before the election, including the day of election and the day after the election. Main questions we want to answer are: Were European election topics present in the media? ; Which parties and candidates were disproportionately presented or omitted from media? ; Which topics were used by politicians for their promotion and formation of narratives? ; How much media space was used for domestic political questions and how much for the ones for European elections? Results of our research have shown that traditional media in Croatia is entrapped by two strongest political parties and while they lost significant number of voters, both right and left alternative parties did not manage to win almost any seats due to political system. All parties and candidates used European elections campaign as an overture for national elections in 2020 with little focus on European topics and policies. All parties and candidates were pro-European and conveyed mostly populist messages with main focus on improvement of living standard and stopping of Croatian immigration to richer European countries. Traditional media used mainly sensational approach for the elections- related topics.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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