The Media as a Dual Mediator of the Political Agenda–Setting Effect of Protest. A Longitudinal Study in Six Western European Countries

Vliegenthart, Rens; Walgrave, Stefaan; Wouters, Ruud; Hutter, Swen; Jennings, Will; Gava, Roy; Tresch, Anke; Varone, Frédéric; Grossman, Emiliano; Breunig, Christian; Brouard, Sylvain; Chaqués‐Bonafont, Laura

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“…Also the effects of framing efforts by social movements on authorities and indirectly on political decision-making and policy changes deserve more attention. The question whether movements matter politically has become one of the most prominent ones in our field (see Chapter 25 by Amenta, Andrews, and Caren, in this volume) and studies have demonstrated the agendasetting power of protest (Vliegenthart et al 2016). Given the centrality of framing in most aspects of the movement's existence, it is likely that effects are not limited to what movements protest about, but also how they communicate about those issues, which cuts to the heart of framing.…”

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The Framing Perspective on Social Movements

Snow¹,

Vliegenthart²,

Ketelaars³

2018

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

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The Framing Perspective on Social Movements

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Ketelaars³

2018

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

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“…In this regard, public opinion can be an important ally for protesters. Research has identified an agenda setting effect of protest (Vliegenthart et al, 2016; see also; Walgrave and Vliegenthart 2012; Hutter and Vliegenthart 2018) and an 'amplification mechanism' and 'joint-effect' model (Agnone 2007;Giugni 2007; that work well in earlier stages of the policy process.…”

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Mental Health and Political Representation: A Roadmap

Bernardi

2021

Front. Polit. Sci.

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Research on health and political behavior has identified a significant mental health-participation gap that is likely to have important consequences for political equality. Yet such consequences remain by and large unexplored. Inspired by 60 years of empirical research on public opinion, media and policy, this article proposes a roadmap for research on the political representation of mental health. It advances a number of research questions around 1) opinion formation and issue emergence and evolution, 2) multiple and complementary societal signals that can influence policy makers’ issue attention and policy change, and 3) different conceptions of representation and their consequences for public attitudes and political participation. The article also provides a preliminary attempt at addressing whether mental health spending incorporates signals from public preferences for spending on mental health services or policy problems. Making use of time-series data on spending on mental health services by local authorities in England between 1994 and 2013, the analysis finds no statistical association between spending and policy problems and reveals a negative relationship between spending and public preferences, suggesting that if spending is reacting at all to preferences, it misrepresents them. This article invites scholars to collect more data and produce more research that will guide interventions to help overcome stigma and participation challenges that undermine political equality as one of the key principles of democracy.

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“…Such a view of political conflict is most prominent in the agenda‐setting literature, and recent contributions from that tradition emphasise the power of protest to signal discontent and raise the salience of certain issues in more institutionalised arenas (e.g., Vliegenthart et al. ). In addition, the pressure from below tends to strengthen the opposition and other allies of the protesting groups in the political system, which may be the main reason why opposition parties support or even create such protest in the first place.…”

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Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession

Bremer

Hutter

Kriesi

2020

European J Political Res

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This article links the consequences of the Great Recession on protest and electoral politics. It innovates by combining the literature on economic voting with social movement research and by presenting the first integrated, large-scale empirical analysis of protest mobilisation and electoral outcomes in Europe. The economic voting literature offers important insights on how and under what conditions economic crises play out in the short-run. However, it tends to ignore the closely connected dynamics of opposition in the two arenas and the role of protests in politicising economic grievances. More specifically, it is argued that economic protests act as a 'signalling mechanism' by attributing blame to decision makers and by highlighting the political dimension of deteriorating economic conditions. Ultimately, massive protest mobilisation should, thus, amplify the impact of economic hardship on the electoral losses of incumbents and mainstream parties more generally. The empirical analysis to study this relationship relies on an original semi-automated protest event dataset combined with an updated dataset of electoral outcomes in 30 European countries from 2000 to 2015. The results indicate that the dynamics of economic protests and electoral punishment are closely related and point to a destabilisation of European party systems during the Great Recession.

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The Media as a Dual Mediator of the Political Agenda–Setting Effect of Protest. A Longitudinal Study in Six Western European Countries

Cited by 38 publications

References 57 publications

The Framing Perspective on Social Movements

The Framing Perspective on Social Movements

Mental Health and Political Representation: A Roadmap

Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession

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