期刊名称：Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1842-2845
出版年度：2017
卷号：13
期号：51
页码：20-37
语种：English
出版社：Babes Bolyai University
其他摘要：This paper analyses the role of media pressureon the level of public transparency of localgovernments. Making use of a sample composedby 110 Spanish cities for the 2008-2010period, the results show that local governmentstend to be more transparent under media pressure,especially in relation to information abouteconomic, fi nancial, urbanism and public worksissues.Additionally, we take into account the electoralmoment, since the analysis of the ways inwhich public affairs are conducted is still superiorwhen elections are approaching. Empiricalresults indicate that media plays a fundamentalrole in that moment because governments arewilling to decrease the level of information transparency.
其他关键词：local government; transparency; elections; political ideology; media; agenda-setting.
