Agencies on the parliamentary radar: Exploring the relations between media attention and parliamentary attention for public agencies using machine learning methods

IF 4.3 2区管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI:10.1111/padm.12963

Jan Boon, Jan Wynen, Walter Daelemans, Jens Lemmens, Koen Verhoest

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Abstract

Abstract The news media frame political debate about public agencies, and enable legislators with incomplete information to monitor and act upon agency (mal)performance. While studies show that the news media matters for parliamentary attention, the contingent nature of this relation has been understudied. Building on agenda‐setting theory, this study theorizes that the effect of newspaper coverage is contingent on the sentiment of coverage, the majority vs. opposition role of legislators, and the locus (committee vs. plenaries) of parliamentary questions. Supervised machine learning methods allow to code sentiment towards agencies in newspapers and parliament, after which a balanced panel relates these data to the questioning behavior of legislators in parliament over time. Results show that media attention for public agencies precedes parliamentary attention. Sentiment matters, as positive media attention, was related to (positive) parliamentary attention in the same month. Negative media attention had broader and more enduring influences on parliamentary questioning behavior.

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议会雷达上的机构:利用机器学习方法探索公共机构的媒体关注和议会关注之间的关系

新闻媒体构建了关于公共机构的政治辩论框架，使立法者能够在信息不完全的情况下监督并对机构(不当)行为采取行动。虽然研究表明新闻媒体对议会的关注很重要，但这种关系的偶然性尚未得到充分研究。基于议程设置理论，本研究认为报纸报道的效果取决于报道的情绪、立法者的多数派与反对派角色以及议会问题的所在地(委员会与全体会议)。有监督的机器学习方法允许对报纸和议会中的机构的情绪进行编码，之后，一个平衡的小组将这些数据与议会中立法者的质疑行为联系起来。结果显示，媒体对公共机构的关注先于议会的关注。情绪因素，如积极的媒体关注，在同一个月与(积极的)议会关注相关。负面媒体关注对议会质询行为的影响更为广泛和持久。

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Public Administration Multiple-

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7.80

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17.10%

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期刊介绍： Public Administration is a major refereed journal with global circulation and global coverage. The journal publishes articles on public administration, public policy and public management. The journal"s reach is both inclusive and international and much of the work published is comparative in nature. A high percentage of articles are sourced from the enlarging Europe and cover all aspects of West and East European public administration.