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To run or not to run (again) for political office… at the crossroads between public values and self-interested benefits: Insights from the Canton of Ticino

open access: yesYearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences, 2012
What motivates people to run (or run again) for political office? Politics is an ideology-based activity, but is the desire to serve the State and contribute to people’s well-being enough to motivate people?
Daniela Cristofoli, Paolo Crugnola
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On advising politicians [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1994
Health professionals have often claimed that politicians do not listen to them. When given the opportunity to have their voices heard they do not always make the most of it. The Rhodes health forum, convened under the Greek presidency of the European Union last week, offered an opportunity for ministers of health and professionals to come together to ...
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Disclosure by Politicians

open access: yes, 2009
We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by politicians in 175 countries. Although two thirds of the countries have some disclosure laws, less than a third make disclosures available to the public. Disclosure is more extensive in richer and more democratic countries.
Djankov, S.   +3 more
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Liberté de presse écrite au Maroc : L’évolution au regard de l’évaluation

open access: yesL’Année du Maghreb, 2016
This article aims to examine the press freedom situation in Morocco and his evolution since 2011 with regard to evaluation on national and international levels.
Mohamed Naimi
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Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2023
In the recent past, social media has become a central channel and means for political and societal mobilization. Mobilization refers to the process by which political parties, politicians, social movements, activists, and other political and social ...
Jörg Haßler   +2 more
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Implicit expression of political stance in political weblogs [PDF]

open access: yesЖанры речи, 2023
The article analyses the ways of implicit expression of the political stance of bloggers. The relevance of the topic under study is determined by the increased influence of non-institutional means of communication on political processes.
Vidineeva, N. Yu.
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Perceptions of Social Media

open access: yesNordicom Review, 2015
While observers have focused on the political use of social media when exploring their democratic potential, we know little about users’ perceptions of these media.
Segaard Signe Bock
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Politicians’ Facial Width-to-Height Ratio and their Electoral Success

open access: yesPsychological Topics, 2020
Previous studies have shown that during the election process voters rely on different physical characteristics of political candidates. For example, politicians who are perceived as more competent have greater electoral success.
Irena Pavela Banai   +2 more
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2020 Parliamentary Elections in Online News Dailies: Do the Media Tend to Criticize the Ruling Party More

open access: yesŽurnalistikos Tyrimai, 2023
Voters tend to criticise and punish the ruling party for mistakes made during the term of office and therefore never vote for the same party twice in a row.
Iveta Danieliūtė
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Trust in government: What’s news media got to do with it?

open access: yesStudies in Communication Sciences, 2018
In modern democracies, trust in government is a key indicator of political legitimacy and stability. Drawing from theories of media effects, we investigated whether using traditional media has a negative (media malaise hypothesis) or a positive (virtuous
Frank Marcinkowski, Christopher Starke
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