Political elites’ media responsiveness and their individual political goals: A study of national politicians in Belgium

This paper addresses the micro level variation in media responsiveness by political elites. It hypothesizes that individual political goals, in addition to party position, affect the extent to which MPs’ parliamentary initiatives are inspired by media cues. Regression analysis on data from a survey...

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Main Authors: Julie Sevenans, Stefaan Walgrave, Debby Vos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-08-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168015593307