Memorial University political science professors Matthew Kerby and Alex Marland are looking at politics in the province and talk radio again.
This time they are delivering a paper at the annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association being held at the University of Waterloo this week.
Here’s the short version of their presentation titled “Government Behaviour and Talk Radio in Newfoundland and Labrador”:
Existing qualitative research on the relationship between talk radio and executive behaviour in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador highlights a number of key themes which set the province apart from its contemporaries. These themes include the following: line-stacking, the manipulation of scientific opinion polls and a strong sensitivity as far as purchased scientific opinion polls is concerned. This current research builds on previous efforts by conducting a first round of quantitative analysis on freshly collected data. Specifically, we examine provincial politicians' talk radio presence with respect to frequency, discourse content and opinion poll timing for the period 2003-2010. We also report on how the provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador compares to other Canadian provinces as it relates to spending on public opinion data and collection. Our results shed further light on government behaviour in an often-neglected provincial case.
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