The study uses automated content analysis to examine how 14 major German news outlets covered arms deliveries to Ukraine in 2022 and 2023. It finds that coverage gave broadly balanced attention to positions for and against the deliveries, while drawing on a narrower range of arguments.
Citation: Liebig, L., Wiedemann, G., & Kleinen-von Königslöw, K. (2026). Normative ideals and empirical realities: Viewpoint diversity in the discourse on German arms deliveries to Ukraine. Journalism. Advance online publication.
Publication: https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849261503627