Exploring newspapers' portrayals: A logic for interpretive content analysis

Wester, Fred; Pleijter, A.R.J.; Renckstorf, Karsten

doi:10.1515/comm.2004.29.4.495

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“…At the same time, a growing number of studies apply various forms of qualitative, or interpretative, content analysis ( cf. Wester, Pleijter and Renckstroft 2004). In the current study, the two approaches – quantitative and qualitative analysis – are combined.…”

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How similar, how different? On Dutch media depictions of older and younger people

Lepianka

2014

Ageing and Society

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By providing information on society at large, the media help to establish and maintain relations between various social groups, such as between younger and older people. They may also disturb the formation or maintenance of such relations,e.g.by stimulating the ‘othering’ of the out-group members. The aim of the present study was to trace how the different strategies of ‘othering’ are applied by Dutch news media in their portrayal of older and younger citizens. The analysis showed that the most notable discrepancies in the media coverage of the two age groups appear in (the nature of) their evaluation. While the negative descriptors of older characters relate more frequently to their (alleged) incompetence, the negative depictions of younger actors refer predominantly to their lack of benevolence. In the case of positive evaluations the reverse is true: older characters are more often presented as warm and younger people as competent. The results of the study are interpreted in the light of literature on social distance and (social) practices of ‘othering’.

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How similar, how different? On Dutch media depictions of older and younger people

Lepianka

2014

Ageing and Society

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“…The analysis followed the principles of the interpretive form of qualitative analysis [Gunter, 2000;Wester, Pleijter and Renckstorf, 2004] aimed at the discovery and formation of concepts most relevant for the study. The analysis was conducted in steps: reading all the articles, describing and summarizing the main characteristics of the articles in terms of science reporting (e.g.…”

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Beyond propaganda: science coverage in Soviet Estonian media

Olesk¹

2017

JCOM

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Previous studies have concluded that science coverage in Soviet countries was determined by the ideological function of the media. This paper analyses the science coverage in Soviet Estonian publications Rahva Hääl and Horisont in 1960/1967 and 1980 and demonstrates that the popularization of science existed as an independent function of articles. This suggests that the parallel developments in science communication on both sides of the Iron Curtain deserve further study.

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“…While content analysis is frequently conceptualized as quantitative technique that allows a systematic study of large corpuses of text (Neuendorf, 2002: 10), a growing number of researchers apply various forms of qualitative, or interpretative, content analysis (cf. Wester et al, 2004). In the current study, the two approaches-quantitative and qualitative-are combined.…”

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The Representation of Youth in the Dutch News Media

Lepianka

2015

YOUNG

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Research in social psychology shows that looking into the nuances in stereotyping is of vital importance due to unique emotional and behavioural reactions the different clusters of stereotypical representations may evoke. Media analysts, however, rarely apply a framework that would allow a systematic deconstruction of stereotypes conveyed in the media productions. In the current study, the Dutch news media representation of native and non-native youth is analyzed and compared. The results show considerable differences in news media portrayal of the two groups not only in the amount of (negative) attention they attract but, especially, in the content of their descriptions. While native youth is more frequently evaluated with reference to competence, non-native youth is more readily evaluated with respect to benevolence. The results of the study and the social consequences of Dutch news media representations of younger citizens are interpreted in the light of literature on social distance and (social) practices of ‘othering’.

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Exploring newspapers' portrayals: A logic for interpretive content analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

How similar, how different? On Dutch media depictions of older and younger people

How similar, how different? On Dutch media depictions of older and younger people

Beyond propaganda: science coverage in Soviet Estonian media

The Representation of Youth in the Dutch News Media

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