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dc.contributor.authorWinsvold, Marte
dc.contributor.authorFolkestad, Bjarte
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-11T08:53:22Z
dc.date.available2024-11-11T08:53:22Z
dc.date.created2024-04-12T05:40:19Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.issn0300-3930
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3164265
dc.description.abstractThis article examines how politicians’ perceptions of media coverage are influenced by their emergence as winners or losers of political battles. Based on a survey of 3,378 Norwegian councillors regarding municipal mergers, we found that although all councillors tended to perceive their opponents’ perspectives on the merger as dominating the public debate, this tendency was significantly stronger among those who had lost council votes regarding mergers. In contrast, the winners saw the debate as more inclusive and comprehensive. We discuss whether these tendencies are expressions of attribution biases that allow politicians to maintain their original beliefs.
dc.description.abstractDoes the media seem more hostile to losers? Media bias perceptions among politicians in the wake of Norwegian municipal mergers
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleDoes the media seem more hostile to losers? Media bias perceptions among politicians in the wake of Norwegian municipal mergers
dc.title.alternativeDoes the media seem more hostile to losers? Media bias perceptions among politicians in the wake of Norwegian municipal mergers
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionacceptedVersion
dc.source.journalLocal Government Studies
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03003930.2024.2332634
dc.identifier.cristin2261188
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 254781
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cristin.fulltextpostprint
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