Hallin and Mancini Revisited: Four Empirical Types of Western Media Systems

Abstract

The analysis of media systems has become a cornerstone in the field of comparative communication research. Ten years after its publication, we revisit the landmark study in the field, Hallin and Mancini's "Comparing Media Systems", and operationalize its framework for standardized measurement. The study at hand is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to comprehensively validate the original dimensions and models using aggregated data from the same sample of Western countries. Three out of four dimensions of media systems show relatively high levels of internal consistency, but "role of the state" should be disaggregated into 3 subdimensions. A cluster analysis reveals 4 empirical types of media systems that differentiate and extend the original typology. 1037 Hallin and Mancini Revisited M. Brüggemann et al. some respects-modifying the framework introduced by Hallin and Mancini. This allows for replication and extension in future studies.

Postawy polskich dziennikarzy wobec aktorów politycznych: badania empiryczne

“…Współcześnie badacze posiłkują się głównie koncepcją trzech modeli mediów i polityki w ujęciu porównawczym sformułowaną przez D. Hallina i P. Manciniego w pracy opublikowanej w 2004 r. Co prawda, nie wszyscy zgadzają się z przypisaniem do poszczególnych modeli (liberalnego, demokratycznego korporacjonizmu i spolaryzowanego pluralizmu) określonych państw (Brüggemann, Engesser, Büchel, Humprecht, Castro, 2014), niemniej jest to praca stanowiąca punkt odniesienia dla szeregu nowych badań nad relacją pomiędzy systemem politycznym a systemem medialnym (DobekOstrowska, 2010;2012), również tych prowadzonych ponownie pod kierunkiem D. Hallina i P. Manciniego (2012).…”

Scholars as European public intellectuals? Media interventions in the 2014 European Parliament election campaign

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Media Choice Proliferation and Shifting Orientations Towards News in the United States and Norway, 1995–2012

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“…Will these effects be consistent across the globe? We argue that the effects of increased media choice around the world will likely differ as a result of locale-specific idiosyncrasies (Brüggemann et al 2014;Bijker, Hughes, & Pinch 2012).…”