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Political parallelism in Iceland: Perceived media-politics relations Cover

Political parallelism in Iceland: Perceived media-politics relations

Nordicom Review
Volume 42 (2021): Issue s2 (March 2021)
By: Birgir Guðmundsson  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Perceived degree of parallelism by candidates and votersComments: Findings based on voter's survey and five elections.
Perceived degree of parallelism by candidates and votersComments: Findings based on voter's survey and five elections.

Figure 2

Perceived parallelism by electionsComments: Candidates that score very high and rather high.
Perceived parallelism by electionsComments: Candidates that score very high and rather high.

Figure 3

Candidates who claim that a medium supports no one policy more than anotherComments: The figure shows the percentage of candidates in all five elections that say the relevant medium supports no one policy more than another. Two of the mediums asked about, Stundin and Kjarninn, are relatively new Internet-based media that are self-proclaimed as independent and focus heavily on politics. They were added to the surveys in the 2016 elections. RÚV, the state broadcasting service, is by far perceived the least ideologically biased, while the subscription daily Morgunblaðið is considered by almost everybody as ideologically slanted to the right.
Candidates who claim that a medium supports no one policy more than anotherComments: The figure shows the percentage of candidates in all five elections that say the relevant medium supports no one policy more than another. Two of the mediums asked about, Stundin and Kjarninn, are relatively new Internet-based media that are self-proclaimed as independent and focus heavily on politics. They were added to the surveys in the 2016 elections. RÚV, the state broadcasting service, is by far perceived the least ideologically biased, while the subscription daily Morgunblaðið is considered by almost everybody as ideologically slanted to the right.

Perceived parallelism (controlling for age and time of elections)

Unstandardised coefficients (B)Std. errorStandardised coefficients (Beta)tSig.
(Constant)3.5220.1–35.1550
Bright Future−0.2510.101−0.105−2.485.013
Peoples Party0.2480.1280.0761.938.053
Progressive Party0.0940.0850.0521.111.267
Centre Party0.2340.1430.0621.635.102
Pirate Party0.020.0970.0090.208.836
Alliance Party−0.4330.103−0.177−4.2080
Left Green Party−0.0430.088−0.022−0.481.631
Reconstruction Party−0.3880.111−0.144−3.489.001
Other parties0.1420.0820.0881.728.084

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Unstandardised Coefficients (B)Std. ErrorStandardised Coefficients (Beta)tSig.
Parliamentary elections, 2013 as reference
(Constant)3.8450.049–77.7110
Parliament, 2016−0.2690.069−0.171−3.8990
Parliament, 2017−0.4120.069−0.259−5.9260
Municipal, 2014−0.4730.075−0.268−6.3310
Municipal, 2018−0.370.073−0.218−5.0960
Parliamentary elections, 2016 as reference
(Constant)3.5760.048–74.2140
Parliament, 20130.2690.0690.1683.8990
Parliament, 2017−0.1420.069−0.09−2.0770.038
Municipal, 2014−0.2040.074−0.115−2.7570.006
Municipal, 2018−0.1010.072−0.059−1.4040.161
Parliamentary elections, 2017 as reference
(Constant)3.4330.049–70.4360
Parliament, 20130.4120.0690.2575.9260
Municipal, 2014−0.0610.074−0.035−0.8250.409
Municipal, 20180.0420.0720.0250.5770.564
Parliament, 20160.1420.0690.092.0770.038
Municipal elections, 2014 as reference
(Constant)3.3720.056–60.2620
Parliament, 20130.4730.0750.2956.3310
Municipal,20180.1030.0770.0611.3330.183
Parliament, 20160.2040.0740.1292.7570.006
Parliament, 20170.0610.0740.0390.8250.409
Municipal elections, 2018 as reference
(Constant)3.4750.053–65.3830
Parliament, 20130.370.0730.2315.0960
Parliament, 20160.1010.0720.0641.4040.161
Parliament, 2017−0.0420.072−0.026−0.5770.564
Municipal, 2014−0.1030.077−0.058−1.3330.183

Perceived parallelism in parties

Unstandardised coefficients (B)Std. errorStandardised coefficients (Beta)tSig.
(Constant)3.330.086–38.6270
Bright Future−0.4590.262−0.088−1.753.08
Progressive Party−0.1120.131−0.051−0.854.393
Alliance Party−0.4280.183−0.124−2.333.02
Left Green Party0.2480.1770.0751.401.162
Pirate Party0.0650.1090.0390.597.551
Other parties−0.0680.155−0.024−0.437.662
Excluded0.0250.120.0130.213.831

Comparison of perceived parallelism in elections

Unstandardised coefficients (B)Std. errorStandardised coefficients (Beta)tSig.
(Constant)3.8450.049–77.7110
Parliament, 2016−0.2690.069−0.171−3.8990
Parliament, 2017−0.4120.069−0.259−5.9260
Municipal, 2014−0.4730.075−0.268−6.3310
Municipal, 2018−0.370.073−0.218−5.0960

Voters’ views on media position

Media outletF-ratio (df)Sig.
FréttablaðiðF (15; 514) = 5.760.000
MorgunblaðiðF (15; 524) = 10.758.000
DVF (15; 496) = 5.294.000
ViðskiptablaðiðF (14; 370) = 2.097.011
Fréttastofa RÚVF (15; 532) = 5.757.000
Stöð2 / BylgjanF (15; 506) = 2.238.005

Candidate views on media position

Media outletF-ratio (df)Sig.
FréttablaðiðF (9; 720) = 7.072.00
MorgunblaðiðF (9; 727) = 9.181.00
DVF (9; 727) = 6.318.00
ViðskiptablaðiðF (9; 709) = 2.624.05
RÚVF (9; 721) = 29.148.00
Stöð 2/BylgjanF (9; 719) = 9.375.00
KjarninnF (9; 438) = 10.813.00
StundinF (9; 439) = 5.087.00
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Language: English
Page range: 53 - 69
Published on: Mar 26, 2021
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
political communication,
political parallelism,
media systems,
elections,
journalism
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Public and political communication,
Mass communication

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