Toward a Measure of Community Journalism

Lowrey, Wilson; Brozana, Amanda; Mackay, Jenn Burleson

doi:10.1080/15205430701668105

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“…In addition, prior studies on health reporting have focused on a limited number of local story elements such as local sources (Tanner, 2004), ignoring other localized story characteristics, such as referral to local resources or local health statistics (Cohen et al, 2011). If we are to improve the quality of health news and achieve health equity among ethnic communities, it is necessary to understand the content of local health news (Lowrey, Brozana, & Mackay, 2008) by determining what aspects of localization ethnic readers are receiving with regard to health information.…”

Section: Keyterms Ethnic Newspapers Health Disparities Health News mentioning

confidence: 98%

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: 98%

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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“…Research on community journalism has had a somewhat different focus; some (early) research had a strong focus on how communication and media use is (positively) related to community attachment and involvement (Lowrey, Brozana, and Mackay 2008;Stamm, Emig, and Hesse 1997). This can be understood as community journalism for the community, while later research, partly grounded in public, participatory and citizen journalism, had focus, theoretically and empirically, on community journalism by the community (Altschull 1996;Lowrey, Brozana, and Mackay 2008;Meadows et al 2009).…”

Section: Community Journalism and The Promise Of Citizen Journalismmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Holt²

2013

Journalism Practice

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“…Rather, mass media action can be characterized by multiple dimensions that are oriented toward the realization of shared goals, such as critical reporting that allows systemic adjustments to solve common problems, representing diverse viewpoints for democratic decision making, and mobilizing voluntary action in civic life, along with system normative integration. As Lowrey, Brozana, and Mackay (2008) put it, seemingly divergent dimensions of journalism can be viewed as ''different steps in the larger process'' (p. 288).…”

Section: A Social Control Model Of Mass Mediamentioning

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“…Based on the community journalism literature, Lowrey et al (2008) put forward three community journalism constructs-revealing community structure, listening=pluralism, and leading=cohesiveness-with indicators that can be used to measure each construct. Although analytically challenging, this approach would allow more directly examining the link between local mass media and the dimensions of social control.…”

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Mass Media as a Macrolevel Source of Social Control: A New Direction in the Community Structure Model

Yamamoto

2011

Mass Communication and Society

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A community structure model is grounded in the structural model of mass media originally formulated by the Minnesota team of Tichenor, Donohue, and Olien. Although recent theoretical and empirical work has led to major refinements of the community structure research, there remain substantive and promising issues that deserve to be examined by mass communication scholars. This article recasts the original structural model by integrating a community-oriented approach to social control and formulates a set of hypotheses with regard to the role of local mass media in community social control.A community structure approach to the study of mass media is rooted in the structural model of mass media originally formulated by the Minnesota team of Tichenor, Donohue, and Olien . To understand the role of mass media in society, this approach examines social mechanisms that influence the distribution of information and its social control implications, particularly regarding the stability of a social system that revolves around the

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Toward a Measure of Community Journalism

Cited by 72 publications

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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

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Mass Media as a Macrolevel Source of Social Control: A New Direction in the Community Structure Model

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