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2016 | 2 | 125-140

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Media coverage of corruption: the role of inter-media agenda setting in the context of media reporting on scandals

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The study focuses on two Slovak corruption cases, both well-documented and of similar social relevance, of which one did not receive any cross-media coverage. Moreover, the case of large-scale bribery was rather under-hyped in comparison to other major corruption scandals occurring in the country. The case of cronyism formed a typical example of extremely poor inter-media coverage of highly unfair and politicised cronyism. Through these cases, especially in the one in which the media failed to stimulate the creation of a full-blown scandal, the study further analyses the criteria and circumstances that determine the worthiness of a case for wide media coverage. The study on Slovakia is framed within theories of scandalous reporting and the theory of agenda setting and inter-media agenda setting role of the media, and supported by quantitative analysis of actual media coverage of the bribery case.

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2

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125-140

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2019-05-28

Contributors

  • School of Communication and Media
  • School of Communication and Media

References

  • Books and academic journals:
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  • Online news articles and websites:
  • Galmišová D. (2015, May 29), Analýza: Ako intenzívne médiá informovali o desiatich vybraných kauzách [How intensively did the media inform about 10 selected scandals], http://www.ineko.sk/projekty/spravodajske-media.
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  • SITA (2012, July 21), Policajná akadémia vylúčila pre podvod 29 uchádzačov [Police Academy expels 29 applicants for fraud], Sme, http://domov.sme.sk/c/6465511/policajna-akademia-vylucila-pre-podvod-29-uchadzacov.html.
  • SITA (2014, May 14), Kňaz dostal podmienku za podplácanie rektora policajnej akadémie [Priest receives a suspended sentence for bribing the rector of the Police Academy], Sme, http://www.sme.sk/c/7202430/knaz-dostal-podmienku-za-podplacanie-rektora-policajnej-akademie.html.
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  • TASR (2012, August 1), Bývalého rektora policajnej akadémie prepustili z Policajného zboru [Ex-rector of the Police Academy expelled from the police corps], Sme, http://domov.sme.sk/c/6480275/byvaleho-rektora-policajnej-akademieprepustili-z-policajneho-zboru.html.
  • Tódová M. (2012, June 29), Zatkli rektora a ďalších funkcionárov policajnej akademie [The rector and other functionaries of the Police Academy have been detained], Sme, http://domov.sme.sk/c/6440115/zatkli-rektora-a-dalsichfunkcionarov-policajnej-akademie.html.
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  • Other sources:
  • Some information in this study was provided by the journalist Ľudmila Lacková from Plus 7 dní who answered our questions by email in September 2014.
  • E-mail from Tibor Mattyasovský, the editor of TV Markíza, June 10, 2015.
  • Interview with Ivan Mego, journalist who was the first to cover the Police Academy story, reporter at weekly Plus 7 dní, previously at the daily Plus jeden deň, October 8, 2014, Bratislava, by Andrej Školkay and Martin Matis.

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