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Constructing Political Expertise in the News

Constructing Political Expertise in the News

Constructing Political Expertise in the News

Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State University
Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
John Barry Ryan, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Hillary Style, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
February 2023
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    Expert news sources offer context and act as translators, communicating complex policy issues to the public. Therefore, these sources have implications for who, and what is elevated and legitimized by news coverage. This element considers patterns in expert sources, focusing on a particular area of expertise: politics. As a starting point, it conducts a content analysis tracking which types of political experts are most likely to be interviewed, using this analysis to explain patterns in expert sourcing. Building on the source data, it next conducts experiments and surveys of journalists to consider demand for expert sources. Finally, shifting the analysis to the supply of expert sources, it turns to a survey of faculty to track expert experiences with journalists. Jointly, the results suggest underlying patterns in expert sourcing is a tension between journalists' preferences, the time constraints of producing news, and the preferences of the experts themselves.

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    February 2023
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    9781009117012
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    Table of Contents

    • 1. Pictures of experts in our heads
    • 2. How journalists select experts
    • 3. Demand-side: expert source characteristics
    • 4. Supply-side: expert source behavior
    • 5. Constructing political expertise
    • References
    • Appendices.
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      Authors
    • Kathleen Searles , Louisiana State University
    • Yanna Krupnikov , Stony Brook University, State University of New York
    • John Barry Ryan , Stony Brook University, State University of New York
    • Hillary Style , Stony Brook University, State University of New York