Pub Date : 2023-11-19DOI: 10.1177/07395329231208949
Ahmed Shatil Alam, Wahida Alam
This research explores the changes the traditional gatekeeping roles of Bangladesh social media editors have undergone. The 17 interviewed journalists also enjoyed less autonomy in moderating audience comments as they removed comments critical of the government or the ruling party to avert legal consequences. These editors even considered their jobs to be “marketing” of news, suffered volatile treatment from their colleagues in the newsroom and felt pressured by their bosses, advertisers and audiences.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-19DOI: 10.1177/07395329231206373
Basma Mostafa Taha, Shahira S. Fahmy
This comparative study analyzes the representation of women in online news in three countries that rank differently along the gender equality continuum: the United States, Sweden, and Egypt. Based on a content analysis of 420 news articles, a total of 2,210 news subjects were analyzed from six news websites. Results suggest that women continue to be underrepresented in the news of the three countries examined and that stereotypical patterns continue to be dominant in the online digital environment although significant differences in gender portrayal among the three countries were noted.
{"title":"Where are all the women? A cross-cultural analysis of women in online news","authors":"Basma Mostafa Taha, Shahira S. Fahmy","doi":"10.1177/07395329231206373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231206373","url":null,"abstract":"This comparative study analyzes the representation of women in online news in three countries that rank differently along the gender equality continuum: the United States, Sweden, and Egypt. Based on a content analysis of 420 news articles, a total of 2,210 news subjects were analyzed from six news websites. Results suggest that women continue to be underrepresented in the news of the three countries examined and that stereotypical patterns continue to be dominant in the online digital environment although significant differences in gender portrayal among the three countries were noted.","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139259841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-21DOI: 10.1177/07395329231208872
Refi Aksep Sativa, Ai Fatmawati
{"title":"Book Review: Constructing Teacher Identities: How the Print Media Define and Represent Teachers and Their Work","authors":"Refi Aksep Sativa, Ai Fatmawati","doi":"10.1177/07395329231208872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231208872","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135511590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.1177/07395329231193998
Christina C. Smith, Kyle J. Miller
The rural weekly newspaper industry rooted in traditional geographically bounded U.S. communities was long thought to have been shielded from industry dilemmas—revenue and circulation—at larger mainstream daily newspapers. However, recent data show a shift in these rural community journalism trends, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Using normative theory and diffusion of innovations, this study examines how rural weekly newspaper publishers perceived, nearly 18 months after the onset of the pandemic, how COVID-19 impacted their newspapers’ advertising, news, technology, and community involvement. Survey results reveal short-term and long-term content and financial challenges plague U.S. rural grassroots information sources with circulation less than 3,000—indicating the end of the “golden era” of weekly newspapers. Despite the constraints, publishers remain optimistic and dedicated to their audiences, albeit reluctant to swift change, as they perceive themselves as the only reliable information source for their rural communities.
{"title":"COVID-19 and the “Golden Era”: Turning the page on rural, weekly newspaper production","authors":"Christina C. Smith, Kyle J. Miller","doi":"10.1177/07395329231193998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231193998","url":null,"abstract":"The rural weekly newspaper industry rooted in traditional geographically bounded U.S. communities was long thought to have been shielded from industry dilemmas—revenue and circulation—at larger mainstream daily newspapers. However, recent data show a shift in these rural community journalism trends, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Using normative theory and diffusion of innovations, this study examines how rural weekly newspaper publishers perceived, nearly 18 months after the onset of the pandemic, how COVID-19 impacted their newspapers’ advertising, news, technology, and community involvement. Survey results reveal short-term and long-term content and financial challenges plague U.S. rural grassroots information sources with circulation less than 3,000—indicating the end of the “golden era” of weekly newspapers. Despite the constraints, publishers remain optimistic and dedicated to their audiences, albeit reluctant to swift change, as they perceive themselves as the only reliable information source for their rural communities.","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136154575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1177/07395329231194000
H. Denis Wu, Shuling Huang, Rebecca Ping Yu, Yiyan Zhang
This study content analyzes the news coverage of two major presidential candidates—one populist challenger, the other female incumbent—in the 2020 Taiwan election. A nation-wide survey of voters and their newspaper uses was also utilized to verify the association between partisan news reliance and candidate evaluations. Based on the concept of partisan press, the study confirms that the coverage is highly polarizing and that it includes more horse race analysis than discussion of serious issues. Sexist and misogynistic terms were used more often by party-opponent (Blue-camp) newspapers to describe the female incumbent. The male populist candidate was portrayed more often in a personal fashion than the female candidate. The voters’ primary newspaper uses were found to be positively associated with their candidate evaluations and preferences. The study sheds new light on populist vis-à-vis gendered election coverage in the context of an Asian democracy.
{"title":"The “populist imbecile” versus the “heartless shrew”: Polarizing election coverage and voters’ evaluation in Taiwan","authors":"H. Denis Wu, Shuling Huang, Rebecca Ping Yu, Yiyan Zhang","doi":"10.1177/07395329231194000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231194000","url":null,"abstract":"This study content analyzes the news coverage of two major presidential candidates—one populist challenger, the other female incumbent—in the 2020 Taiwan election. A nation-wide survey of voters and their newspaper uses was also utilized to verify the association between partisan news reliance and candidate evaluations. Based on the concept of partisan press, the study confirms that the coverage is highly polarizing and that it includes more horse race analysis than discussion of serious issues. Sexist and misogynistic terms were used more often by party-opponent (Blue-camp) newspapers to describe the female incumbent. The male populist candidate was portrayed more often in a personal fashion than the female candidate. The voters’ primary newspaper uses were found to be positively associated with their candidate evaluations and preferences. The study sheds new light on populist vis-à-vis gendered election coverage in the context of an Asian democracy.","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134912686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1177/07395329231194014
Jason A. Martin
This study explores the association of mobile media and citizens’ attitudes surrounding watchdog journalism in sub-Saharan Africa. Face-to-face survey interviews with 2,589 smartphone users were conducted in six sub-Saharan African nations that have seen rapid expansion of smartphone penetration in recent years. The use of mobile phones for news-seeking predicted positive attitudes about accountability journalism in democratic governance. Results contribute to more nuanced discussion about mobile media and news habits in an understudied region.
{"title":"Find the Wifi, free the watchdog: Sub-Saharan African smartphone users’ attitudes about accountability journalism","authors":"Jason A. Martin","doi":"10.1177/07395329231194014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231194014","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the association of mobile media and citizens’ attitudes surrounding watchdog journalism in sub-Saharan Africa. Face-to-face survey interviews with 2,589 smartphone users were conducted in six sub-Saharan African nations that have seen rapid expansion of smartphone penetration in recent years. The use of mobile phones for news-seeking predicted positive attitudes about accountability journalism in democratic governance. Results contribute to more nuanced discussion about mobile media and news habits in an understudied region.","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134913098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1177/07395329231194005
Mahrukh Fatima, A. R. Siddique, Muhammad Ahmad, Muhammad Asim Mahmood
This research investigated linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials employing multidimensional analysis to identify: distinguished language feature; and linguistic variation in the light of textual dimensions model. Corpus comprised 1,000 editorials from four newspapers. Results showed the distinguished use of nouns, public verbs and sentence relatives thereby the editorials were found focusing on narrative, explicit and informational discourse. These results led to conclude about the presence of linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials.
{"title":"Exploring linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials through multidimensional analysis","authors":"Mahrukh Fatima, A. R. Siddique, Muhammad Ahmad, Muhammad Asim Mahmood","doi":"10.1177/07395329231194005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231194005","url":null,"abstract":"This research investigated linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials employing multidimensional analysis to identify: distinguished language feature; and linguistic variation in the light of textual dimensions model. Corpus comprised 1,000 editorials from four newspapers. Results showed the distinguished use of nouns, public verbs and sentence relatives thereby the editorials were found focusing on narrative, explicit and informational discourse. These results led to conclude about the presence of linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials.","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46289584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1177/07395329231197360
This year marks the 30th anniversary since the U.N. General Assembly established World Press Freedom in 1993. Yet, while there has been progress globally in achieving a free press and free expression, there are still significant concerns when it comes to journalist safety, establishing a true freedom of expression, and the continued support of the notion of free media. Specifically, a 2022 report from the Pew Research Center revealed that a majority of U.S. journalists (approximately six in 10 journalists) said they are “extremely” or “very concerned” about potential restrictions on press freedom (Forman-Katz & Naseer, 2023). From an international perspective, the World Press Freedom Index (which evaluates the journalism environment in 180 countries and territories) reveled that the situation is “very serious” in 31 countries, “difficult” in 42 countries, “problematic” in 55 countries, and “good” in 52 countries. To put it another way, the journalism environment is “bad” in seven out of 10 countries and only three out of 10 countries have a “satisfactory” journalism environment (Reporters Without Borders, 2023). Specifically, this most recent index ranked Norway at the top of the list of countries most favorable of press freedom, followed by Ireland and Denmark. In contrast, Vietnam, China, and North Korea ranked at the bottom of the list. The United States ranked 45th on the index, which may explain why a majority of journalists in the country worry about the well-being of press freedom. According to Reporters without Borders, there are several potential factors threatening press freedom, including increases in propaganda, the use of artificial intelligence, and the increased presence of fake content. The group suggested in its 2023 report,
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Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.1177/07395329231193277
Andy Bechtel
{"title":"Book Review: Henrik Ornebring and Michael Karlsson, Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy of a Concept","authors":"Andy Bechtel","doi":"10.1177/07395329231193277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231193277","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"380 - 381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44836304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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