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Political and Media Systems Matter

A Comparison of Election News Coverage in Sweden and the United States

Jesper Strömbäck

Mid-Sweden University, 851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden; phone: (+46) 60 14 86 17; jesper.stromback{at}miun.se

Daniela V. Dimitrova

Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, 117 Hamilton Hall, Iowa State University,Ames, IA 50011; phone: 515-294-4435; danielad{at}iastate.edu

This study compares the news coverage of election campaigns in three Swedish newspapers at the time of the 2002 national election and three U.S. newspapers at the time of the 2004 presidential election. The results from the content analysis show that the metaframe of politics as a strategic game was more common in the U.S. newspapers, while the metaframe of politics as issues was more common in the Swedish newspapers. U.S. articles were also more likely to use the horse-race and political strategy frames. While U.S. coverage was predominantly descriptive in focus, an interpretive journalistic style was more often dominant in the Swedish articles. The results also show that the U.S. news stories were triggered by the words and actions of the campaigns more often than the Swedish news stories.

Key Words: comparative political communication • election news coverage • framing • Sweden

The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol. 11, No. 4, 131-147 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X06293549
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