Media attention to the Far-right in three Dutch Newspapers 1986-2004. Characteristics and trends

Authors

  • Pytrik Schafraad University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communication Research
  • Fred Wester Prof. dr. Fred Wester is emeritus professor of Communication Science at Radboud University Nijmegen.
  • Peer Scheepers Prof. dr. Peer Scheepers is professor of research methodology at the department of Sociology, Radboud University Nijmegen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS722013670

Keywords:

News papers, far right, content analysis, longitudinal research,

Abstract

There are many assumptions about the contents of media coverage of the far-right and its possible effects. Yet, these assumptions lack empirical arguments. In this contribution, the authors provide an answer to the important question how media cover the far-right. They do so from a longitudinal perspective, using systematic quantitative content analysis of three Dutch newspapers. The assumption that Dutch newspapers follow a ‘minimal attention policy’ does not hold. Throughout the research period newspaper coverage of the far-right becomes increasingly versatile and although concentrating on negative aspects of the far-right, increasingly open to positive support for the far-right. In the last three years of the research period, the majority of the coverage concerns Fortuyn’s populist right party LPF. Whereas at first the coverage of this party fits in the general picture of coverage on the far-right, towards the end of the research period the coverage of LPF is increasingly diverse and less concentrated on negative aspects.

Author Biography

Pytrik Schafraad, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communication Research

Pytrik Schafraad is lecturer at the Department of Communication of the University of Amsterdam and associate member of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research.

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Published

2013-06-26

How to Cite

Schafraad, P., Wester, F., & Scheepers, P. (2013). Media attention to the Far-right in three Dutch Newspapers 1986-2004. Characteristics and trends. Observatorio (OBS*), 7(2). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS722013670

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2013)

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