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The Commercial Fourth Estate in the 2014–2019 Election Campaigns
ISSN: 2603 - 3801
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The Commercial Fourth Estate in the 2014–2019 Election Campaigns
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ICC-0202
Publisher: St. Cyril And St. Methodius University Press
International Journal Address (IAA):
IAA.ZONE/2603118203801
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Abstract
The paper presents results of media monitoring during the election campaigns held in Bulgaria between 2014 and 2019 – after the adoption of the new Electoral Code in 2014 until the last local elections in 2019. The main research question is to what extent the media as mediators in the election campaigns know, respect and comply with the legal regulations concerning their activities during such campaigns. The results outline the models of legal socialization of the Fourth Estate in the election campaigns. They also show patterns of compliance and violation of the legal framework. In addition, they reflect the way in which the media work to change the regulations in question. The research sample included between 117 and 180 media service providers in various election campaigns. There were representatives of all media subfields – traditional media, new media, yellow media, brown media, Prokopiev’s media, Peevski’s media, as well as Russi...
