This book analyses the coverage of elections that occurred between September 2015 and February
2016 in six European countries (Greece Portugal Poland Croatia Spain and Ireland). The
sample examined includes all news stories published during the official electoral campaign in
different types of media outlets: three newspapers per country covering centre-left and
centre-right wing political leaning as well as reference and tabloid papers three main
television news broadcasts covering commercial private and public broadcast television channels
and three papers that are published only online taking into account their levels of audience
and importance within each national media and political system. The book also examines
different connections to the EU and to the Euro Crisis. Questions such as the following guide
the overall analysis: In what ways is news election coverage similar and different in these
countries? Which issues are mostly covered by the news media and how? Are there patterns of
election news coverage in these six European countries? This book is indispensable reading for
researchers and students in the field of the media coverage of election campaigns political
communication and populism. Chapters 4 and 8 are available open access under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
