How Political Actors Use the News Media

Abstract

While social media channels are on the rise, the mass media remain an important platform for politicians, movements and advocacy groups to get their voices heard. Through media appearances political actors can affect public opinion and put pressure on agenda-setting and policymaking processes. This panel invites papers that seek to understand the way in which political actors pursue their ideological and policy objectives in the media arena, and how this affects public opinion and political decision-making processes.