Political parties are often argued to compete for voters by stressing issues they feel they own - a strategy known as ‘selective emphasis'. While usually seen as an electorally rewarding strategy, this article argues that cultivating "your" themes in the public debate is not guaranteed to be...

We employ several different approaches to estimate the political position of Australian media outlets, relative to federal parliamentarians. First, we use parliamentary mentions to code over 100 public intellectuals on a left-right scale. We then estimate slant by using the number of mentions...

Political parties are often argued to compete for voters by stressing issues they feel they own - a strategy known as 'selective emphasis'. While usually seen as an electorally rewarding strategy, this article argues that cultivating your themes in the public debate is not guaranteed to be...