Paper submitted for the
International Communication Organization, Dresden, 2006
Media coverage of government policies and
public satisfaction
with information provision and policy results
Jan Kleinnijenhuis and Anita M.J. van Hoof
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Department of Communication Science
De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
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Acknowlegment
The authors would like to thank the Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst, which commissioned the data
collection on which this paper rests. The authors are indebted much to dr. Dirk Oegema (dept.
of Communication Science Vrije Universiteit) and dr. Jan A. de Ridder (University of
Amsterdam, dept. of Communication Science) who participated in the research project on
which this paper rests, as well as to Wouter H. van Atteveldt MSc and dr. P.C. Ruigrok whose
contributions to the research project were invaluable also, and, last but not least to the coders
in the research project.
Topics: Public information, media effects