Think Tanks, News Sources and Neo-liberal News Discourse: Off-shoring Power and Influence

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-116
Author(s):  
Paul Manning
Keyword(s):  
Think Tanks ◽  
News Sources ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Power And Influence ◽  
Off Shoring

scholarly journals Swedish Advocacy Think Tanks as News Sources and Agenda- Setters

Politik ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigurd Allern ◽  
Ester Pollack
Keyword(s):  
Relative Strength ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Turn Of The Millennium ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
The Media

The topic of this paper is the media visibility of Swedish advocacy think tanks, as measured by references to these think tanks in leading Swedish print newspapers. Advocacy think tanks are, in contrast with more research-oriented think tanks, characterised by their outspoken ideological and political agenda. In public debates, they often have a partisan role. Four research questions will be answered: How often are these advocacy think tanks referred to in the news? How important are they as commentators and opinion-makers? How are they presented as sources in the news? What is the relative strength of market-liberal and right-wing think tanks versus red/green think tanks, in terms of media representation and agenda-setting?The selection criteria, type of newspapers, and time period used in this study of Swedish advocacy think tanks have been coordinated with parallel, national think tank studies by media researchers in Denmark, Norway, and Finland. Several changes in the think tank landscape took place after the turn of the millennium, which motivated us to select two full newspaper years, 2006 and 2013, to better cover these developments. To gain a deeper understanding of the think tanks’ backgrounds, their cooperation with other think tanks, and their media strategies, we conducted background interviews with representatives from four advocacy think tanks. We met with Karin Svanborg-Sjövall, CEO of Timbro; Boa Ruthström, CEO of Arena Idé, and Maja Dahl, communication manager of Arena Idé; Mattias Goldmann, CEO of Fores; and Daniel Suhonen, the leader of Katalys.

Constructing climate change: claims and frames in US news coverage of an environmental issue

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Trumbo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
News Story ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
News Sources ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
The Us ◽  
Issue Attention

An empirical content analysis of a decade of coverage of climate change in five national newspapers in the US is presented. The analysis is based on the perspective, drawn from social problems theory, that the content of news discourse can be understood in terms of claims-making and framing. Climate change is also discussed in terms of Downs' issue-attention cycle, a five-stage model describing the rise and fall of social attention to important issues. Climate change, as a news story, is described as exhibiting three phases that are related to the sources quoted and the frames presented in the news coverage. Results of the analysis show that scientists tend to be associated with frames emphasizing problems and causes, while politicians and special interests tend to be associated with frames emphasizing judgments and remedies. Results also show how scientists declined as news sources as the issue became increasingly politicized.

Experts in the News: The Differential Use of Sources in Election Television News

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Ann Cross
Keyword(s):  
Television News ◽  
Symbolic Representations ◽  
News Sources ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Political Entrepreneurs ◽  
Grand Public ◽  
Television Coverage ◽  
Source Use ◽  
Election News

ABSTRACT This article examines the use of news sources in mainstream television coverage of a Canadian election and considers these findings within the context of broader studies on the significance and role of sources in election news. Using content analysis, it considers the type, nature, and functions of sources in election reporting and pays particular attention to the competing theories of the use of sources in news discourse. Through a review of the type, length, and frequency of sources, a more media-centric theory of source use emerges. It is suggested that rather than “primary definers” or “political entrepreneurs,” sources often function as mere “symbolic representations” of an already framed story in election discourse.RÉSUMÉ Cet article examine l’utilisation de sources à la télévision grand public lors d’une élection canadienne, puis considère les résultats de cet examen dans le contexte plus large d’une étude de la signification et du rôle des sources dans les reportages électoraux. L’article recourt à l’analyse de contenu pour recenser le type, la nature et les fonctions des sources dans les nouvelles et porte une attention particulière à certaines théories contrastantes sur le recours aux sources dans les discours de l’actualité. En passant en revue le type, la durée et la fréquence des sources, l’article formule une théorie centrée sur les médias. Il suggère que, plutôt que « définisseurs primaires » ou « entrepreneurs politiques », les sources sont souvent de simples « représentations symboliques » d’une histoire déjà encadrée dans les discours électoraux.

News discourse of teachers’ suicide

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Luen Wun Siu
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
News Sources ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Official Position ◽  
Educational Crisis

This research reported findings from discourse analysis and content analysis on media coverage about a specific educational crisis on teachers’ suicide in Hong Kong. Overall, findings revealed that there was a great difference in sources being used by newspapers of different political ideology. The official position did not guarantee smooth access to the mass media via sources. Press ideology interfered in this process and determined what kind and how frequent news sources were used. Specifically, it was shown how linguistic choices in news texts accomplished the goal of framing the conflict, demarcating those supporting the education reform from those opposing the reform.

Think tanks: Abt Associates

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle Semmel Albin
Keyword(s):  
Think Tanks

ANALISIS WACANA PADA BERITA NONTON FILM SAKINAH, MAHASISWA UIN YOGYAKARTA BERI PUJIAN (ANALISIS MIKROSTRUKTURAL)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Resdianto Permata Raharjo ◽  
Maranita Anjarsari
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Online News ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Lexical Cohesion ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Method Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study aims to describe 1) the form of cohesion contained in the news Watching Sakinah Movies, UIN Yogyakarta Give Praise Students and 2) describing the forms of coherence contained in the news Watching Sakinah Film, Students of UIN Yogyakarta Give Praise. The subjects used in this study were news of watching Sakinah film, UIN Yogyakarta students giving praise, and the objects used were sentences containing grammatical cohesion, a form of lexical cohesion. The approach used in this study is a qualitative descriptive approach. The data in this study are sentences in the news of Watching Sakinah Movies, This student is a method of literature study. While the method of data analysis in this study is descriptive method analysis method, the method used to analyze and describe cohesion markers and analyze markers of coherence. Test The results of the study show that in the news of watching Sakinah films, UIN Yogyakarta Beri Pujian students have varied markers of cohesion and coherence in the Tebuireng Online news discourse. Cohesion markers were found to reference (3), substitution (1), ellipsis (2), conjunction (3), collocation (1), and markers of coherence found cause-effect relationships (2), relationship coherence suggestions — goals (1), coherence temporal relations (1), and coherence of causal relationships (1).

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