The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which the media plays a role in tackling the issue of hatespeech against refugees and migrants and the ways in which the media can effectively tackle it in Nigeria.The agenda-setting was used as theoretical foundation. A structured questionnaire was used by theresearchers as the tool for their des...
This study investigates whether news sentiment plays a role in setting social media sentiment to explore the dynamics of sentiment develop and diffusion within the public agenda. Based on the agenda-setting theory, this study analyzed the public and media sentiments towards the 2016 US election and the candidates using data from Twitter, CNN, and F...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 ignited propaganda efforts from the U.S. executive branch of government and the U.S. media, as the country tried to position itself towards the war not just in the eyes of its citizens but of the entire world as part of its geopolitical power position. A comparative quantitative and qualitative an...
Obesity has become a pandemic in developed countries. In Spain, more than 23 million people are classed as overweight and it is predicted that by 2030 some 3.1 million new cases will be categorised. This research seeks to reveal how the media cover this issue. To this end, the news from six online Spanish newspapers published in 2020 and 2021 has b...
Criminology is slowly expanding its field of study. In addition to the mechanisms of social control, it is necessary to consider whether this science should also focus on the mass media approach to the criminal phenomenon. Most people are informed about the criminal phenomenon through news. Additionally, their criteria is strongly permeated by poli...
This book analyses the role of Europarties in the deepening of integration and the debates on the future of Europe. It is guided by three fundamental research questions: What strategies do Europarties utilize to advance their visions of Europe? What is the relative influence of the actors in the networks of the Europarties? How successful have the ...
The purpose of this study is to examine how political communication of security policy is presented by Swedish parliamentary parties in the context of media development. Political actors have been given increased opportunities to communicate with the public, therefore the aim of this study is also to investigate how their political communication af...
The Cambridge Analytica scandal shook political establishments and news audiences alike in 2018. The scandal, which figures prominently in accounts of the “techlash”, has been followed by a substantial reorientation in the attitudes held towards the digital sector. The aim of this chapter is to tell the story of the developing history of the digita...
What is the relationship between foreign policy, electoral campaigns, and public opinion? This work analyzes the electoral campaigns in Colombia in 2018 (Iván Duque) and 2022 (Gustavo Petro). The profiles of the candidates and their programmatic agendas are analyzed, identifying the continuity of issues associated with peace, security, borders, and...
This doctoral thesis investigates urban environmental governance from a multilevel agenda-setting perspective through the examples of air quality management in Nottingham City/UK and Shanghai/China. A theoretical framework combining multilevel governance, governance agenda-setting, and impression management helps to explore how local actors from di...
