Titel: | Political TV interviews in Austria 1981–2016 – Structures and strategies through times of substantial change in media and politics; |
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In: | Communications, 45, 2020, 2, S. 131-155 |
veröffentlicht: |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 131-155 |
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ISSN: |
1613-4087
0341-2059 |
DOI: | 10.1515/commun-2018-2023 |
veröffentlicht in: | Communications |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (CrossRef) |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>In media-centered democracies, political TV interviews can reveal a lot about the relationship between journalists and politicians. However, knowledge about these formats during non-election times is lacking. Against this background, this study aims to generate insights about specific conversation strategies, the staging of politics, and agenda control in a long-term comparison, and to link them with media logic, which has been identified as a factor that shapes agenda-setting strategies in related contexts. Following a static-dynamic approach, a quantitative content analysis was conducted for all statements (N=19,108) from 125 episodes of a specific Austrian interview format in a one-on-one setting broadcast between 1981 and 2016. Regarding the number of statements in which a newly introduced topic is discussed as a measure for agenda control, specific conversation strategies were identified that contribute to a stronger position for journalists. Moreover, specific aspects of media logic help to introduce and anchor a new topic, although their success varies over the decades.</jats:p> |