Is There a Distinct Quebec Media Subsystem in Canada? Evidence of Ideological and Political Orientations among Canadian News Media Organizations

In their much-quoted typology of Western media systems, Hallin and Mancini (2004) associate Canada's media system with what they call the “Liberal model,” given its strong professionalization and limited politicization. They also hypothesize the existence of a more professional and more politic...

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Published in:Canadian journal of political science 2020-09, Vol.53 (3), p.638-657
Main Authors: Thibault, Simon, Bastien, Frédérick, Gosselin, Tania, Brin, Colette, Scott, Colin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anglophones
Climate change
Comparative studies
Hypotheses
Ideology
Journalism
Journalists
Mass media
News media
Political communication
Politicization
Professionalization
Provinces
Regression analysis
Research Article/Étude originale
Startups
Typological analysis
Western society
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Summary:In their much-quoted typology of Western media systems, Hallin and Mancini (2004) associate Canada's media system with what they call the “Liberal model,” given its strong professionalization and limited politicization. They also hypothesize the existence of a more professional and more politicized media subsystem in Quebec. This article tests their hypothesis with data from a 2018 survey of 209 experts across Canada. The findings do not support the hypothesis of a media subsystem in Quebec. However, they show a diversity of ideological and political orientations among news media organizations, which has important empirical and theoretical implications for the study of political communication in Canada.
ISSN:0008-4239
1744-9324
DOI:10.1017/S0008423920000189