How much does ownership matter? Deliberative discourse in local media coverage of the Terri Schiavo case

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 1274-1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deana Rohlinger ◽  
Jennifer M Proffitt
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Deliberative Discourse ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Systematic Understanding ◽  
Deliberative Processes

This article contributes to a more systematic understanding of the role of newspaper ownership in deliberative processes by analyzing how inclusive local newspapers are of diverse perspectives on the Terri Schiavo case. Drawing on a content analysis of 1182 stories, we use multinomial logistic regression to analyze how ownership affects what ideas are included in the discussion as well as the tone with which they are discussed. We find that ownership indeed matters. Independently owned newspapers cover controversial ideas more often – even on the opinion pages. We also find that geography matters. Newspapers closest to the event epicenter include more stories and a broader range of perspectives regarding the Schiavo case. We discuss the implications of this research for understanding the role of economics in deliberative processes.

From Newspaper to Parliament and Back? A Study of Media Attention as Source for and Result of the Dutch Question Hour

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Van Aelst ◽  
Rosa van Santen ◽  
Lotte Melenhorst ◽  
Luzia Helfer
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
News Values ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Political Statement ◽  
The Media

AbstractThis study on the role of media attention for the Dutch question hour answers three questions: to what extent is media attention a source of inspiration for oral parliamentary questions? What explains the newsworthiness of these questions? And what explains the extent of media coverage for the questions posed during the question hour? To address this, we present a content analysis of oral parliamentary questions and related press coverage in five recent years. The results show first that oral questions are usually based on media attention for a topic. Concerns about media influence should however be nuanced: it is not necessarily the coverage itself, but also regularly a political statement that is the actual source of a parliamentary question. The media are thus an important “channel” for the interaction between politicians. Second, our analysis shows that oral questions do not receive media attention naturally. Several news values help to explain the amount of news coverage that questions receive. “Surfing the wave” of news attention for a topic in the days previous to the question hour seems to be the best way to generate media attention.

scholarly journals Does newspaper coverage influence or reflect public perceptions of the economy?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 205316801773790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Hopkins ◽  
Eunji Kim ◽  
Soojong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Local Media ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Economic Perceptions

Citizens’ economic perceptions can shape their political and economic behavior, making the origins of those perceptions an important question. Research commonly posits that media coverage is a central source. Here, we test that prospect while considering the alternative hypothesis that media coverage instead echoes public perceptions. This paper applies a straightforward automated measure of the tone of economic coverage to 490,039 articles from 24 national and local media outlets over more than three decades. By matching the 245,947 survey respondents in the Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior to measures of contemporaneous media coverage, we can assess the sequencing of changes in media coverage and public perceptions. Together, these data illustrate that newspaper coverage does not systematically precede public perceptions of the economy, a finding which analyses of television transcripts reinforce. Neither national nor local newspapers appear to strongly influence economic perceptions.

scholarly journals Social Media coverage of “Maspero”: Solidarity between Muslims and Christians post The Egyptian Uprising

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Amal Bakry ◽  
Mariam F Alkazemi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Muslim Country ◽  
Military Forces

The current study examines the print and social media coverage of the “Maspero” massacre in Egypt, in which military forces attacked Coptic Christians in a predominantly Muslim country. By employing a qualitative content analysis, the authors examine the role of media in inducing a state of social cohesion. Data were collected from a state-owned newspaper, Al-Ahram, and an independent newspaper, Al-Masry Al-Youm. Data were also collected from a blog that compiles testimonies of witnesses to the “Maspero” massacre as well as three of Egypt’s best-known online activists: Alaa Abd El Fattah (@alaa), Salma Said (@salmasaid), and Rasha Azab (@RashaPress). The results reveal the themes of print and social media coverage of the events, with the suggestion that social media was much more effective in inducing social cohesion than the print media.

Wilders en de media

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piet Bakker ◽  
Peter L.M. Vasterman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Wave Pattern ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Journalism Studies ◽  
Strong Focus ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Wilders and the role of the media Wilders and the role of the media Between 2006 and 2011 more than forty empirical studies were published about the Dutch populist Geert Wilders and the role of the media. This article examines which methods and theories are dominant in these studies, and which media and which aspects of the relationship between Wilders and the media coverage are the topics of these researches. We also ask what kind of conclusions can be drawn from this large amount of research. At first glance, journalism studies academics use a variety of methods and theories but further analysis shows skewedness within this variety with content analysis of print media forming the bulk of the research. There is also a preference for framing research. The media attention for Wilders shows a wave-pattern, with a strong focus on deliberately created incidents. Media, however, seem to be unable to ignore these events.

MEDIA FRAMING AND OFFICIAL PROPAGANDA IN ARMENIA DURING THE 45-DAY ARTSAKH WAR

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-83
Author(s):  
LOUISA KHACHATRYAN
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
The Political ◽  
Capstone Project ◽  
Local Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government

Abstract: This study analyzes the role of the media during the 45-day war in Artsakh in 2020. It aims to understand how the local media responded and reacted to official propaganda, particularly to the statements of the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The research question of the capstone project is “What was the media framing of the official statements of the Armenian Prime Minister throughout the war?” To answer this question, the study first provides a short timeline of the war and the PM’s statements. Secondly, it conducts a descriptive content analysis of the three local media outlets, which are selected through purposive sampling. The analysis shows that the government-imposed censorship as well as the political economy of the media significantly affected the way the PM’s statements were being framed. The study tries to understand to what extent there was a “rally round the flag” effect and what caused certain behavior from different media outlets. Keywords: Artsakh war, media framing, propaganda, Nikol Pashinyan, rally round the flag

Roles of Social Scientists in Crisis Media Reporting: The Case of the German Populist Radical Right Movement PEGIDA

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birte Fähnrich ◽  
Corinna Lüthje
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Populist Radical Right ◽  
The Media ◽  
German Newspapers

This article examines the visibility of social scientists in the context of crisis media reporting by using the example of the German populist radical right movement PEGIDA. Based on previous research, a role typology was developed to serve as a framework for the empirical study. A content analysis of German newspapers demonstrates that social scientists are quite visible in the media coverage of PEGIDA and are presented mainly in the role of intellectuals. At the same time, new roles for social scientists are also discernible. Based on these findings, an extended role typology was developed to provide points of reference for further research.

scholarly journals Role of Local Mass Media Control of Regional Governance in Indonesia (Case Study in East Nusa Tenggara)

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Jonas Klemens Gregorius Dori Gobang ◽  
Frans Salesman
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Local Mass ◽  
Local Media ◽  
The Impact

Background. Decentralization of the authority to manage government and regional development has been regulated in Law Number 32 of 2014 concerning Regional Government. However, in its implementation there are many deviations found in the form of corruption of local officials causing a loss of quality in human resources. The researcher tried to reveal the role of local mass media to control local governance so that its implementation did not cause corruption in the development budget carried out by regional government officials. Method and material. Using qualitative analysis of news texts published by local mass media with and content of corrupt behavior of regional officials in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Various secondary data is used to supplement this research information. Respondents of journalists and local media editor in chief. Results. Local media coverage revealed 100 regional heads were arrested and convicted of corruption. The impact of the worsening social conditions in the East Nusa Tenggara the high prevalence of stunting is 40.30%; 2,669 infants with malnourished babies, 1,142,790 poor people (21.35%) in 2018. Conclusion. It has been punished by regional officials who are perpetrators of corruption as a result of local media coverage. Corruption has a systemic impact on decreasing the quality of human resources in East Nusa Tenggara.

scholarly journals Public health framing in local media coverage of crashes involving pedestrians or bicyclists in Hawai‘i, 2019: A content analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 100525
Author(s):  
L. Brooke Keliikoa ◽  
Mika D. Thompson ◽  
Chris J. Johnson ◽  
Stephanie L. Cacal ◽  
Catherine M. Pirkle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Local Media

scholarly journals Disentangling the Role of HIV Exposure on Linear Growth Among Mother-Infant Dyads in Western Kenya: A Comparison of Three Growth Models

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1087-1087
Author(s):  
Rachel Rickman ◽  
Charlotte Lane ◽  
Shalean Collins ◽  
Joshua Miller ◽  
Amy Nichols ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Linear Growth ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Hiv Exposure ◽  
Longitudinal Regression

Abstract Objectives HIV-exposed and uninfected (HEU) infants may experience altered growth compared to HIV-unexposed and uninfected (HUU) infants. Most studies to date have used analytic techniques that do not reflect the dynamic trends in infant growth patterns. We therefore sought to evaluate growth patterns using 3 different analytic methods and examine the role of HIV on growth with each method. Methods Repeated measures for infant anthropometrics were taken from 6 wk to 23 mo of age in the former Nyanza region, Kenya (n = 310, 52% HEU, 50% male). We used (1) Latent Class Mixed Modeling (LCMM) to identify length-for-age z-score (LAZ) trajectory classes and then multinomial logistic regression to assess how HIV exposure status predicted trajectory class membership, adjusting for covariates (e.g., maternal height, food insecurity); (2) SuperImposition by Translation and Rotation (SITAR) to estimate length in terms of size and velocity (rate of growth) differences by maternal HIV status; and (3) longitudinal regression, the conventional method for analyzing growth, to estimate differences in length and LAZ based on HIV exposure. Results At 6 wks of age, HEU infants had a mean LAZ score of −1.03 ± 1.85 compared to −1.10 ± 1.83 for HUU infants. LCMM identified four LAZ trajectory classes (average 5.1 measurements/infant). Across time, class one LAZ scores remained near 1; class two declined 0 to −1; class three remained near −1; and class four fluctuated between −2 and −3. In logistic regression models, HEU infants were less likely to belong to classes one (RR = 0.3; 95% CI: 0.1,0.9) and two (RR = 0.4; 95% CI: 0.2,0.7) relative to class three. Similarly, SITAR estimated that HEU infants were on average 0.62 cm shorter than HUU infants across the study (95% CI: −1.3,0.1) but there were no differences in mean linear growth velocities. Longitudinal regression models predicted that mean stature for HEU infants was 0.8 cm (95% CI: −1.5, −0.1) shorter and that mean LAZ for HEU infants was 0.4 points (95% CI: −0.7, −0.1) lower compared to HUU infants. Conclusions Across the 3 methods, HEU infants were shorter than HUU infants during the first 23 mo of life. Compared to longitudinal regression, advanced modeling with LCMM and SITAR allows for a more flexible assessment of the altered growth patterns HEU infants experience. Funding Sources NIH.

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