Hallin and Mancini Revisited: Four Empirical Types of Western Media Systems

The analysis of media systems has become a cornerstone in the field of comparative communication research. Ten years after its publication, we revisit the landmark study in the field, Hallin and Mancini's “Comparing Media Systems”, and operationalize its framework for standardized measurement....

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Published in:Journal of communication 2014-12, Vol.64 (6), p.1037-1065
Main Authors: Brüggemann, Michael, Engesser, Sven, Büchel, Florin, Humprecht, Edda, Castro, Laia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
21st century
Cluster Analysis
Communication
Cross-national analysis
Hallin, Daniel C
International Comparison
Journalism
Mancini, Paolo
Mass media
Media policy
Media studies
Media Systems
Political Communication
Political systems
Social theory
Typology
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Summary:The analysis of media systems has become a cornerstone in the field of comparative communication research. Ten years after its publication, we revisit the landmark study in the field, Hallin and Mancini's “Comparing Media Systems”, and operationalize its framework for standardized measurement. The study at hand is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to comprehensively validate the original dimensions and models using aggregated data from the same sample of Western countries. Three out of four dimensions of media systems show relatively high levels of internal consistency, but “role of the state” should be disaggregated into 3 subdimensions. A cluster analysis reveals 4 empirical types of media systems that differentiate and extend the original typology.
ISSN:0021-9916
1460-2466
DOI:10.1111/jcom.12127