Politicotainment and democratainment are concepts used to identify the relevance of popular culture for citizenship. Among the most prominent examples of these concepts are political fiction series. Merging political facts with fictional narratives, such series provide a unique opportunity to engage the audience with political matters in an entertaining way. But can these series also affect the agenda of the public and the news media? Based on aggregate-level data of Google search queries and news-media content, the current study examines the agenda-setting effects of the political fiction series Borgen. Time-series analyses show that only a few Borgen episodes affected the public agenda and even fewer the news media agenda. Evidence is also found for negative patterns. Thus, we should be careful not to overestimate the impact of political fiction in terms of agenda-setting effects: It occasionally has agenda-setting effects but more often not.

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政治事实还是政治小说？政治小说系列《 Borgen》对公众和新闻媒体的议程设定影响

政治隔离和民主隔离是用于确定流行文化与公民身份的相关性的概念。这些概念最突出的例子是政治小说系列。通过将政治事实与虚构叙事相结合，这样的系列作品提供了独特的机会，使观众以有趣的方式参与政治事务。但是这些系列也会影响公众和新闻媒体的议程吗？基于Google搜索查询和新闻媒体内容的汇总数据，当前的研究考察了政治小说系列Borgen的议程设定效果。时间序列分析显示，只有少数Borgen插曲影响了公共议程，甚至新闻媒体议程也更少。还发现了负面模式的证据。因此，我们应该注意不要从议程设置的效果上高估政治小说的影响：它偶尔具有议程设置的效果，但通常没有效果。