The Selection of News in the International Reporting of the Macedonian, Slovenian and Serbian Daily Newspapers (2013-1989-1983)

Abstract

This paper aims to present the selection of news in the international reporting of the daily newspapers from Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia in a distance of three decades. We begin this study by using the method of quantitative content analysis. Results give concrete number of articles, photographs and other content published in foreign policy sections of the newspapers Nova Makedonija, Vecer, Delo and Politika. The data analyzed was gathered over a four month period, from the years 2013, 1989 and 1983. Analysis demonstrates significant drop of the number of media content for international events printed in 2013, a period during which are also allocated fewer pages to foreign policy sections. With the exception of the Serbian newspaper Politika, international events in the printed editions are usually published after those media content dedicated to internal political issues and economic topics from Macedonia and Slovenia. This empirical research proves that international reporting in the Macedonian, Slovenian and Serbian newspapers is experiencing a serious decline today without any prospect of improving the current situation in the next period.

Use of Modal Verbs as Stance Markers in Pakistani English Newspaper Editorials

“…In fact, the stance of a newspaper is affected by different factors i.e. homophily notions (Katz & Lazarfeld, 1955), commercial factors (Tawab, 2000), military influence (Gadzekpo, 2009;Nunoo, 2016), gatekeeping process (Blazhevski, 2018;Nunoo, 2016), economic as well as political factors (Nworgu, Okoro & Obi, 2017) and this stance is well reflected through editorial lines. Lawal (2015) adds that editors have to follow the ideology of the newspaper and in the view of Henry and Tator (2002) the authors create a larger ideological position of the owners and managers of each newspaper.…”

“…Okengwu (1987) cited in Nworgu, Okoro and Obi (2017) adds that the newspaper stories are affected by faulty and impressionistic analyses (1987). The choice of topics, number of pages and articles in a newspaper and their positioning are the matter related to gatekeeping (Blazhevski, 2018). According to Lippmann (1954) cited in Blazhevski (2018) Thus in the view of Porten-Chee (2017), what a newspaper concerns is the notion of "agenda building and agenda framing" (p. 100) with a purpose to "shape the weight and perspectives of different issues" (P. 101).…”