Abstract
This chapter is focused on the concept of political corruption scandals and reviews the growing research production in this field. In the so-called political scandal era, there is an increasing concern about this topic within political communication studies, citizens, journalists, and politicians in every political and media system. The authors draw attention to one of the most common theoretical frameworks used to study political corruption scandals, the Framing theory, and the specific frames journalists employ. Looking at the characteristics of the coverage of political corruption scandals, the chapter explores the different types of scandal coverage considering the features of the media systems. Finally, the chapter concludes with a discussion about the changes that digital technologies have provoked, turning the classic mediated scandals into socio-mediated ones.
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Berganza, R., Martín-Llaguno, M., Ortiz-González, A. (2023). Political Corruption Scandals in the (Social) Media Environment. In: Salgado, S., Papathanassopoulos, S. (eds) Streamlining Political Communication Concepts. Springer Studies in Media and Political Communication. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45335-9_6
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