Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.1177/07395329231193278
J. Zibluk
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Pub Date : 2023-08-30DOI: 10.1177/07395329231187632
J. Ha
This study analyzed the presentations of the deployment of THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) on South Korean territory by conducting a qualitative framing analysis of editorials and columns in The China Daily. This media organ of the Chinese government largely condemned the United States and South Korea as falling captive to the mindset of the Cold War. This antagonistic coverage was surely influenced by the Chinese government, which views the THAAD deployment can damage China’s national security interests. The China Daily viewed the United States as a competitor and adversary to China. According to this newspaper, the United States is eager to wage a new Cold War and refuses to consider China as a potential partner in finding a solution to the North Korean crisis. In the opinion pages of The China Daily, Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilization” paradigm is repeatedly invoked as the proper framework through which a globalized world should be viewed.
{"title":"The China Daily’s framing of THAAD deployment: “A New Cold War in East Asia”","authors":"J. Ha","doi":"10.1177/07395329231187632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231187632","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyzed the presentations of the deployment of THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) on South Korean territory by conducting a qualitative framing analysis of editorials and columns in The China Daily. This media organ of the Chinese government largely condemned the United States and South Korea as falling captive to the mindset of the Cold War. This antagonistic coverage was surely influenced by the Chinese government, which views the THAAD deployment can damage China’s national security interests. The China Daily viewed the United States as a competitor and adversary to China. According to this newspaper, the United States is eager to wage a new Cold War and refuses to consider China as a potential partner in finding a solution to the North Korean crisis. In the opinion pages of The China Daily, Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilization” paradigm is repeatedly invoked as the proper framework through which a globalized world should be viewed.","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"323 - 339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44907599","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 : 2023-08-28DOI: 10.1177/07395329231187622
Karen McIntyre, Kyser Lough
The study of constructive and solutions journalism has grown in recent years, led by claims of positive audience effects. Our systematic review of 22 effects experiments across 19 studies found that solutions and constructive news stories unequivocally affect audience emotions. Clarity is needed for other dependent variables. Consistency is needed in theoretical constructs and the independent variables used. Focus needs to continue to extend beyond the United States and Western Europe.
{"title":"Evaluating the effects of solutions and constructive journalism: A systematic review of audience-focused research","authors":"Karen McIntyre, Kyser Lough","doi":"10.1177/07395329231187622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231187622","url":null,"abstract":"The study of constructive and solutions journalism has grown in recent years, led by claims of positive audience effects. Our systematic review of 22 effects experiments across 19 studies found that solutions and constructive news stories unequivocally affect audience emotions. Clarity is needed for other dependent variables. Consistency is needed in theoretical constructs and the independent variables used. Focus needs to continue to extend beyond the United States and Western Europe.","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"276 - 300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48161056","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 : 2023-08-07DOI: 10.1177/07395329231187633
Michelle Rossi
Drawing from CARES Act news coverage, this study investigated how different market-oriented news organizations modulated the debate on the most expansive stimulus bill in modern U.S. history, released in 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. A comparative approach was used, between news articles produced by a strongly market-oriented and a weakly market-oriented news outlet, both national news outlets, based in the United States. Using market theory as a guide to explore published news content, this study focuses on showing the range of debate, news sources and journalistic role performances employed in coverage of the same topic, coming from differently funded newsrooms. Some of the findings of this research demonstrate differences in the assessment of objectivity as a journalistic norm, and similarities as the indirect use of government official sources. To conclude, some implications for the field of journalism are discussed, including a revision of objectivity as a journalistic norm.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-26DOI: 10.1177/07395329231187634
Arifa Habib, M. Yousuf, Inusah Mohammed
This study examined how major U.S. newspapers differentiated themselves from social networking website Facebook through their coverage of misinformation and conspiracy theories. A combination of qualitative and computational analysis of newspaper articles (N = 441) published between 2008 and 2021 revealed five major themes. Facebook was often portrayed as a vehicle for dissemination of conspiracies and misinformation. The computational analysis revealed major events, topics, and actors that generated newspaper articles regarding Facebook’s role in spreading misinformation.
{"title":"“Spreader of conspiracies”: How major U.S. newspapers differentiate them from Facebook","authors":"Arifa Habib, M. Yousuf, Inusah Mohammed","doi":"10.1177/07395329231187634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231187634","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined how major U.S. newspapers differentiated themselves from social networking website Facebook through their coverage of misinformation and conspiracy theories. A combination of qualitative and computational analysis of newspaper articles (N = 441) published between 2008 and 2021 revealed five major themes. Facebook was often portrayed as a vehicle for dissemination of conspiracies and misinformation. The computational analysis revealed major events, topics, and actors that generated newspaper articles regarding Facebook’s role in spreading misinformation.","PeriodicalId":36011,"journal":{"name":"Newspaper Research Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"340 - 360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46916629","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 : 2023-06-01Epub Date: 2023-04-22DOI: 10.1177/07395329231167368
Erin Ash, Kelsea Schulenberg, Madison Wilson, SaiDatta Mikkilineni
In early April 2020, as states began to release demographic data related to COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths, it became clear that Black individuals in the United States were disproportionately impacted by the virus. The current research is a content analysis of stories about racial disparities related to COVID-19 published by U.S. newspapers between April and June 2020 (N = 181) conducted to examine framing patterns. Specifically, the study examined how relative risk was communicated and the causes attributed to the disparity. The overall results suggest mixed progress in terms of how racial health disparities are communicated to the public.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01Epub Date: 2023-02-24DOI: 10.1177/07395329231155149
Mohamed Ben Moussa, Aziz Douai, Mehmet Yalcin Parmaksiz
This study examines Turkish online news media coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. It explores media framing narratives, particularly how they reflected and promoted elite polarization or consensus in the COVID-19 debate. The findings shed light on Turkish political power dynamics during the first stage in the national response to the pandemic. The study highlights the calculations of political partisans who are keen on building a fragile consensus in an increasingly polarized society.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1177/07395329231179798
J. Mayer
It’s been a rough couple months for journalism, particularly in the United States. In April, well-known Fox News host Tucker Carlson “parted ways” with the organization just days after Fox settled its lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems. The media organization agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million (USD) to avoid a jury trial over accusations that Fox News “promoted lies” about the U.S. Presidential Election in 2020. Carlson was the host of one of the shows that shared false conspiracy theories about the election (Jones, 2023). The same day Fox severed its relationship with Carlson, CNN announced it had fired popular host Don Lemon. Lemon’s firing came as a result of “ongoing pattern of misogynistic comments and actions,” including comments he made on speech made by Niki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and a Republican presidential hopeful, where Lemon said she “wasn’t in her prime” (Ali, 2023). The two sudden announcements sent shockwaves around the country and produced a wide range of public reactions, from outrage to excitement to relief. Experts suggested that the varied reactions were just evidence of the current deep political divide in the United States. Kimberly Vered Shashoua, a licensed clinical social worker, told USA Today:
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Pub Date : 2023-05-16DOI: 10.1177/07395329231170195
J. Sparks, F. Lomonte, April Rubin
This study explores how the COVID-19 pandemic—with its college closures, business shutdowns, and student enrollment declines—impacted the independence of college media during the pandemic, and how those impacts will continue after the pandemic is over. Using a mixed-methods approach based on the Hierarchical Influences Model framework (Shoemaker & Reese, 2013), this study integrates the results of a survey of 126 student media news outlets with interviews from 15 well-known news organizations from universities with established independent practices, to establish a relationship between revenue sources and student participation with independence measures. Results confirmed a stronger push toward digital products and the use of a wider variety of revenue-generating techniques during the pandemic.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-02DOI: 10.1177/07395329231167370
S. Reed
This study is a content analysis of American news coverage of World Trade Center (WTC) cough syndrome, a common ailment among 9/11 survivors, published before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, coverage was limited to areas geographically proximate to the attacks and embodied themes of respiratory disease descriptions, heroism and patriotism and government involvement. Pandemic-era coverage expanded to areas where survivors now live and embodied themes of survivors comparing 9/11 to the pandemic, survivors’ vulnerability to COVID-19, lack of federal government transparency, calls for caution and safety protocols, heroism and patriotism and the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
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