Školkay, AndrejIštoková, Alena2018-04-262018-04-262016Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 2016, nr 2, s. 125-140.1731-7517http://hdl.handle.net/10593/23017The study focuses on two Slovak corruption cases, both well-documented and of similar social relevance, of which one did not receive any cross-media coverage. Moreover, the case of large-scale bribery was rather under-hyped in comparison to other major corruption scandals occurring in the country. The case of cronyism formed a typical example of extremely poor inter-media coverage of highly unfair and politicised cronyism. Through these cases, especially in the one in which the media failed to stimulate the creation of a full-blown scandal, the study further analyses the criteria and circumstances that determine the worthiness of a case for wide media coverage. The study on Slovakia is framed within theories of scandalous reporting and the theory of agenda setting and inter-media agenda setting role of the media, and supported by quantitative analysis of actual media coverage of the bribery case.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesscorruptionmediaSlovakiascandalsArtykułhttps://doi.org/10.14746/ssp.2016.2.8