MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE EU PRESIDENCY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ONLINE NEWS MEDIA CODEBOOK (March 31, 2011) All journalistic

materials (news items, comments, reports, editorials, etc.) published in that period by the media selected for the analysis will be gathered. Please use the following keywords to select the items: Poland and EU presidency. As a result, we may get 2 kinds of stories: 1) related directly to the topic of Poland holing the position at the EU Council (Poland AND EU presidency), and 2) related to Poland but not (or at least not directly) to the topic of the EU presidency (POLAND). Please notice that Variable XI responds to that. 0. Coder's code (for internal use only it might help for inter-coders reliability tests. Please do not provide this code on the file sent to me) 1. Country code 01 Austria 02 Belgium 03 Greece 04 Poland 05 Portugal 06 Romania 07 Russia 08 Spain 09 Sweden 10 Estonia 11 Slovakia I. NUMBER OF THE ITEM II. DATE OF PUBLICATION Please code the date according to the following scheme. If you use any other system of coding, please provide a table with dates and numbers. I plan to recode the current system into the numbers once we have a master file. (example) July 1 - 0107 July 2 - 0207 July 3 0307 III. NEWS MEDIA (Poland as example; please provide the names of your media) 1 Gazeta Wyborcza 2 Rzeczpospolita 3 Nasz Dziennik 4 Fakt 5 Polityka 6 Wprost

7 Uwazam rze IV. GENRE (for instructions please see attachment #1) 1 News 2 Reportage 3 Editorial 4 Column 5 News commentary, press review etc. 6 Guest contribution (not in the letters-to-the editor section) 7 Interview 8 Letters-to-the editor 9 On line discussion 10 Other V. 'FRONT WEBPAGE' 1 Yes the whole article 2 Yes just a title (link) 3 Front webpage (part of the article) and continued (link) 4 No VI. SIZE OF THE ITEM (not obligatory: if you are using the electronic data basis you may be able to count the NUMBER OF WORDS. If you can do it, please provide an actual number). [ . ] VII. VISUAL ELEMENTS 1 Yes, a picture 2 Yes, a map 3 Yes, a cartoon 4 Yes, a table (scheme) 5 Yes, a few visual elements (collecting 1-4 or others) 6 short video clip 7 No VIIa. RELEVANCE OF VISUAL ELEMENTS TO POLAND 1) yes 2) no 88) doesn't apply (if the answer in VII is 7) VIII. SOURCE OF INFORMATION (news materials only) For rationale please check the Attachment #1 1 National news agency 2 Foreign or international news agency 3 Other national media organization 4 Other foreign media organization 5 Other 6 None 7) Both: national and foreign news agencies 8) Both: national and foreign media organization 9) Both: any news angency and any media organization

VIIIa NAME OF SOURCE OF INFORMATION 1. Please provide a name/names of the source of information 88) doesn't apply (if the answer in VIII is 6) IX. AUTHOR OF NEWS (news materials only) see Attachment #1 1 Correspondent of the news organization 2 Staff member of the news organization 3 Other 4 No author X. AUTHOR OF OPINION (not news materials) 1 Editorial staff 2 Journalist, reporter 3 National politician (guest contribution, letters-to-the editor) 4 International politician (guest contribution, letters-to-the-editor) 5 National expert 6 International expert 7 Citizen 8 Other XI. DOMINANT TOPIC AREA (please select ONE) Please notice that we deleted 'transportation' from that list 1 Internal Politics 2 International Politics 3 Economy 4 Military and defence 5 Justice and crime 6 Culture 7 Social relations 8 Science and technology 9 Environment 10 Sport 11 Human interest 12 Accidents and disasters 88 Other 99 Missing XII. PARTICULAR TOPICS (please select up to three) 1. Internal politics 101 Legislative activities (e.g., discussion of a new law) 102 Executive activities (e.g., announcement by the president) 103 Judicial decisions 104 Constitutional issues 105 Elections 106 Statements and activities of individual politicians 107 Inter-party relations 108 Internal party relations 109 Activities of interest groups

110 111 112 113 188 199

Public opinion/polling Abuse of political power, corruption Commission of inquiry Resignation of politician Other Missing

2. International politics 201 EU relations (this is NEW) 202 Activities of international political organizations 203 Activities of individual politicians 204 Activities of political parties 205 Diplomatic visits 206 Diplomatic negotiations and agreements 207 Promises of aid or cooperation 208 Wars between countries 209 International tensions and disagreements 210 International terrorism 211 Embargo 288 Other 299 Missing 3. Economy (new categories included!) 301 State of economy 302 Economic indexes (e. g. , domestic production numbers) 303 Job market 304 Fiscal measures 305 Budget issues 306 Natural resources 307 Currency 308 Economic legal issues 309 Stock market situation (not regular stock quotes) 310 Labor and industrial relations 311 Business and commerce 312 Transportation 313 Foreign capital 314 Privatization 315 Loans 316 Economic crisis 317 Investments 388 Other 399 Missing 4. Military, defence, internal order 401 Military activities 402 Appointments and firings in the military 403 Government defense policy and action 404 Protest at government defense policy 405 Terrorism 488 Other 499 Missing

5. Justice and crime 501 Petit/small crimes 502 Police management 503 Police behaviour 504 Espionage 505 Prison condition 506 Corruption 507 Judicial decisions 508 Domestic violence 509 Political assassinations 510 Murder 511 Robbery 512 Crime investigation 513 Assault 514 Rape 515 Fraud 588 Other 599 Missing 6. Culture (new category included) 601 Art (classical music, popular music, theatre, opera, dance, film, photography, literature and poetry, painting and sculpturing) 602 Festivals and competitions 603 Ceremonies 604 Religion 605 Media productions 606 History 688 Other 699 Missing 7. Social issues (new categories included) 701 Population 702 Minorities 703 Migration 704 Social relations 705 Health system 706 Social services 707 Poverty level 708 Living conditions 709 Education 710 Unemployment 711 Strikes 712 March or public meeting 788 Other 799 Missing 8. Science and technology 801 Inventions 802 Individual scientists 803 Scientific organizations 804 Computer issues

805 Multimedia issues 888 Other 899 Missing 9. Environment 901 Threats to environment (e.g., pollution) 902 Activities of environmental organizations 903 Garbage collection 904 Conservation 988 Other 999 Missing 10. Sport 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1088 1099 Results Training Records Individual athletes/coaches/teams Fans/supporters behavior Legal measures Appointments and firings Championships Other Missing

11. Human interest 1101 Celebrities 1102 Animal stories 1103 Tourism, travel stories 1104 Record attempts 1105 Supernatural or mystical stories 1106 Food 1107 Fashion 1188 Other 1199 Missing 12. Accidents and disasters 1201 Natural disasters 1202 Car accidents 1203 Plane crash 1204 Train accident 1205 Fire 1206 Work accident 1207 Military-related accident 1208 Home accident 1209 Crowd accident 1288 Other 1299 Missing 1388 Other

XIII. DOMESTICATION MAKING EXPLICIT REFERENCE TO NATIONALS OF (YOUR) COUNTRY (This variable will be used not only to the items related to the EU presidency, but to all items about Poland it would say more about these items) 1 Yes, by making explicit reference to nationals 2 Yes, by making explicit reference to impact on the country 3 Yes, by using visual elements (e.g. maps or logos) 4 Yes, by both making explicit reference to nationals AND using visual elements 5 Yes, by both making explicit reference to impact on the country AND using visual elements 6 Yes, by both making explicit reference to nationals AND to impact on the country 7 Yes, by making explicit reference to nationals, impact on the country and using visual elements 8 No XIV. THE EU PRESIDENCY RELEVANCE (please decide whether the item relates to the EU presidency, or not. In other words, is the EU presidency aspect mentioned in the item or not?) IF NO STOP CODING HERE) 1 Yes 2 No XV. MAIN ROLE OF POLAND (explicitely mentioned in the text or the most frequently used frame in the text; implicitely by suggesting some features or characteristics). 1 EU member 2 New EU member 3 Host of the meeting / organizer of the event 4 Venue of the meeting / event 5 Post - communist country 6 Eastern or Central European Country 7 Other XVa. ADDITIONAL ROLE OF POLAND (if necesssary; explicitely mentioned in the text or the most frequently used frame in the text; implicitely by suggesting some features or characteristics. ) 1 EU member 2 New EU member 3 Host of the meeting / organizer of the event 4 Venue of the meeting / event 5 Post - communist country 6 Eastern or Central European Country 88 Other XVI. ATTITUDE TOWARDS POLAND (dominant attitude)This variable has to be coded for ALL articles (both: news and opinions) 1 Positive 2 Negative 3 Both positive and negative 4 Neutral