Interest-Group Influence on the Media Agenda: A Case Study

Huckins, Kyle

doi:10.1177/107769909907600106

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“…Finally, H6 also enjoys empirical support. The association between Amnesty's press advocacy and media coverage was positive and significant across models, supporting general journal of P E A C E RESEARCH volume 44 / number 4 / july 2007 396 arguments about the discursive influence of global activists (Florini, 1999;Keck & Sikkink, 1998;Mathews, 1997;Simmons, 1998;Wapner, 1996) and bolstering specific claims about NGOs' media impact (Dale, 1996;Huckins, 1999).…”

Section: Empirical Findings: What Shapes the Media's Human Rights Covmentioning

confidence: 82%

Shaping the Northern Media's Human Rights Coverage, 1986—2000

Ramos

Ron

Thoms³

2007

Journal of Peace Research

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What influences the Northern media's coverage of events and abuses in explicit human rights terms? Do international NGOs have an impact, and, if so, when are they most effective? This article addresses these questions with regression analysis of human rights reporting by The Economist and Newsweek from 1986 to 2000, covering 145 countries. First, it finds that these two media sources cover abuses in human rights terms more frequently when they occur in countries with higher levels of state repression, economic development, population, and Amnesty International attention. There is also some evidence that political openness, number of battle-deaths, and civil societies affect coverage, although these effects were not robust. Second, it finds that Amnesty International's press releases appear to have less impact on media coverage when discussing abuses in countries that are central to the media's zone of concern. Indeed, Amnesty's press advocacy may be more effective when addressing violations in lesser-noticed countries. The article attributes this to the saturation of coverage of abuses in highly mediatized countries. Cumulative attention by multiple journalists and others raises a country's media profile but also makes it more difficult for any one voice to be heard. The authors conclude that Amnesty's press advocacy may have greater media impact when focusing on abuses in countries located away from the media's core areas of concern. Overall, the authors are encouraged by the Northern media's sensitivity to actual patterns of repression and to Amnesty's lobbying, since both indicate that the media is potentially a useful ally in efforts to combat abuses worldwide. Yet, the discouraging effects of poverty on the media's human rights coverage are cause for concern.

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Section: Empirical Findings: What Shapes the Media's Human Rights Covmentioning

confidence: 82%

Shaping the Northern Media's Human Rights Coverage, 1986—2000

Ramos

Ron

Thoms³

2007

Journal of Peace Research

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“…Applying it to production research involves two unfounded assumptions: that news processes are encoded into the product and that researchers are able to decode them reliably. Moreover, content analysis, as used in agenda-building studies, restricts research to a limited type of news, triggered by ''instigating texts'' such as speeches, declared policies, protocols and mass media publications, or those emanating from persons or institutions with a documented history or long-term trend data (e.g., Cassara, 1998;Huckins, 1999;Roberts and McCombs, 1994).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Process Model of News Initiative

Reich¹

2006

Journalism Studies

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“…Researchers constructed the codesheet according to prior research on mass media coverage of religion and science (Friedman et al, 1999;Huckins, 1999;Kellstedt & Smidt, 1991;Kerr & Moy, 2002;Murray et al, 2001). Categories were created to analyze units of analysis (individual articles) and included the following: (a) publication and its date; (b) news type (hard news, column, etc.…”

Section: Coding Instrument and Coding Schemementioning

confidence: 99%