Content Differences between Daily Newspapers with Strong and Weak Market Orientations

Beam, Randal A.

doi:10.1177/107769900308000209

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“…Hispanic newspapers have seen slight decreases in print circulation but not to the extent of big daily newspapers (Pew Research, 2011). Black newspapers' financial status has been less stable than Hispanic and mainstream newspapers (Guskin, Moore, & Mitchell, 2011), and advertising revenue for newspapers continues to be taken away by other media (Beam, 2003).…”

Section: Keyterms Ethnic Newspapers Health Disparities Health News mentioning

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Reporting on Health to Ethnic Populations: A Content Analysis of Local Health News in Ethnic Versus Mainstream Newspapers

Wang

Rodgers

2013

Howard Journal of Communications

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Ethnic newspapers seek to provide local news not provided by other media, yet few studies have compared local health news in ethnic versus mainstream newspapers. Local health news in ethnic newspapers could decrease health disparities among ethnic communities who are at higher risk for certain chronic illnesses and diseases. Localized story elements could inform ethnic audiences and broaden the discussion about local health issues, shedding light on priorities of ethnic media in providing relevant health information to their communities. This research compares local health news in ethnic (Black/Hispanic) versus mainstream (large/daily) newspapers and examines 3 localized story elements: local sources, localized statistics, and localized information. Results from the content analysis showed no differences in localized health news coverage for ethnic versus mainstream newspapers except the number of local health news stories and health stories with localized health information were higher in Hispanic and lower in Black as compared to mainstream newspapers. Findings suggest that ethnicBoth authors contributed equally to the manuscript even though Dr. Ye Wang is listed first. The data from this grant were made possible by a grant from The California Endowment. We thank the Center for Advanced Social Research for running the content analysis. We also thank the Health Communication Research Center for staff support throughout the project. The authors are indebted to the reviewers for their insightful comments.

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Section: Keyterms Ethnic Newspapers Health Disparities Health News mentioning

confidence: 97%

Reporting on Health to Ethnic Populations: A Content Analysis of Local Health News in Ethnic Versus Mainstream Newspapers

Wang

Rodgers

2013

Howard Journal of Communications

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“…The underlying assumption is that news selection follows different criteria in each type of outlet, depending on its mission (Schulz, 1999;Holtz-Bacha, 1990). Thus, privately-owned outlets, pressed for ratings and funds from advertising, would be more prone to personalization, soft news, and exaggerated emotional content, while public-service media would favor hard news and more traditional newsworthiness standards (Beam, 2003;Plasser, 2005;Thussu, 2008); in other words, serious journalism.…”

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How Chilean Editors perceive and define the role of melodrama in television News

Mujica¹,

Bachmann²

2015

Pacla

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Several studies have addressed the role of drama and emotion in television news, oftentimes regarding them as opposed to quality journalism. Such approaches ignore the cultural resonance of melodramatic features in television newscasts in regions like Latin America, and pay little attention to how newsworkers perceive dramatic news and melodramatic treatment of news events. Based on in-depth interviews with 14 news editors from four major Chilean broadcasters, this study taps into their insights on audiovisual language and melodrama in television news. The findings suggest a common perception among Chilean editors of audiovisual language as inherently dramatic-emotional and close. Emotionalization and personalization are described as a communicative potential of television journalism, and melodrama is framed negatively as an excess of emotion that damages information.

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“…Gate-keeping literature on how media ownership and market forces influence media content tends to assume the persistence of recent historical media models. The result has been a focus on comparative studies looking at the differences between, for example, market-and public-service orientated journalism (Beam, 2003) or between chainowned and independent media (Gaziano, 1989). …”

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Journalism, gatekeeping and interactivity

Thurman¹

2015

Handbook of Digital Politics

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Gate-keeping is one of the most inclusive research traditions in the field of journalism studies. In its investigations into the processes "by which the vast array of potential news messages are winnowed, shaped, and prodded into these few that are actually transmitted by news media (Shoemaker et al., 2001: 233) In this chapter I will discuss these technological and social influences on journalistic gatekeeping by reflecting on my own research in these areas over the last decade or so.The chapter begins with a review of the literature on gatekeeping as it applies to journalism. I will then use the concepts of 'adaptive' and 'conversational' interactivity to frame the discussions that follow on how technology and the audience are impacting journalistic gatekeeping. The chapter concludes with a discussion of some of the consequences of the full spectrum of forces-political and economic, as well as social and technological-acting on contemporary, mainstream news producers; as well as some suggestions for how they may better accommodate to those forces. Finally I give some suggestions for future research in these areas.Digital, networked media have made it possible for news publishers to give their audiences a relatively high degree of control over the stories they consume and how those stories are delivered and presented. Technology has also enabled publications to invite and distribute reader contributions in modes, quantities, and with timeliness 2

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Content Differences between Daily Newspapers with Strong and Weak Market Orientations

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Reporting on Health to Ethnic Populations: A Content Analysis of Local Health News in Ethnic Versus Mainstream Newspapers

Reporting on Health to Ethnic Populations: A Content Analysis of Local Health News in Ethnic Versus Mainstream Newspapers

How Chilean Editors perceive and define the role of melodrama in television News

Journalism, gatekeeping and interactivity

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