News, entertainment, or both? Exploring audience perceptions of media genre in a hybrid media environment

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 807-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Edgerly ◽  
Emily K Vraga
Keyword(s):  
Social Function ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Source Attribution ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Talk Show ◽  
Political Talk

This study uses two experimental designs to examine how audiences make genre assessments when encountering media content that blends elements of news and entertainment. Study 1 explores how audiences characterize three different versions of a fictitious political talk show program. Study 2 considers whether audience perceptions of ‘news-ness’ are influenced by shifts in headline angle and source attribution. The implications of audience definitions of news and its social function are discussed.

Political Talk Show Viewing Motivation Measure

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Mattheiß ◽  
Carina Weinmann ◽  
Charlotte Löb ◽  
Katharina Rauhe ◽  
Katharina Bartsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Talk Show ◽  
Political Talk

scholarly journals Popularizing party journalism in China in the age of social media: The case of Xinhua News Agency

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Xin Xin
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
News Agency ◽  
Xinhua News Agency ◽  
The Status ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Ruling Party

The phenomenon of the “popularization” of journalism has become widespread in the process of media marketization, globalization and digitalization. This phenomenon has been studied mostly in the Anglo-American context. This article instead draws attention to China, where the tendency toward popularizing (party) journalism is also occurring but taking a rather different form. It focuses on the case of Xinhua News Agency—the pioneer as well as the most representative case of traditional party journalism in the country. The article considers to what extent Xinhua’s online media content concerning the ruling party since 1949—the Communist Party of China—has been popularized both in terms of content and style. The changes to online media content made by Xinhua are indicative of the extent to which it is possible to combine the status of a state-owned central news organization with a new journalistic orientation that seeks to make the messages from and about the party more appealing to technology-savvy and entertainment-driven audiences in the new media environment in mainland China.

scholarly journals Obraz Polski w rosyjskiej telewizji

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Krzywdzińska
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Talk Shows ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Talk Show ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Political Talk

The aim of the article is to analyze the image of Poland on Russian state television in the context of the introduction of a new decommunization law in Poland. The subjects of qualitative analysis are Russian information and journalistic programs devoted to the demolition of Soviet soldiers‘ monuments in Poland. The author hypothesizes about a change in the provision of information and sharpening media narrative. The application of the content analysis of the presenters and guests‘ statements made it possible to obtain an answer on Poland‘s image and current level of political and social talk shows. Selected programs deal not only with the demolition of monuments to Soviet soldiers but are also devoted to current Russian-Polish political relations. The conclusions that can be drawn from the analysis of the programs indicate a significant increase in anti-Polish sentiments, intensified by the leading journalists. Political talk show programs spread a negative and biased picture of Poland in Russian society.

Image of Presenter of Political Talk Show: on Problem of Gender Peculiarities

2017 ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. A. Mikhaylova ◽  
◽  
Yu. S. Kharitonova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Talk Show ◽  
Political Talk

No trade-offs between news and entertainment: Evidence from online engagement data

2022 ◽  
pp. 146144482110638
Author(s):  
Shengchun Huang ◽  
Tian Yang
Keyword(s):  
Media Content ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Information Distribution ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Audience Fragmentation ◽  
Different Content ◽  
Media Choices ◽  
Personal Interests

In today’s high-choice media environment, some scholars are concerned that people selectively consume media content based on personal interests and avoid others, which might lead to audience fragmentation across different content genres. Individually, there might be trade-offs between those genres, especially entertainment versus news. This study analyzed a large user engagement dataset (~40,000 users’ comments) collected from the Chinese information application Toutiao, one of the most popular information distribution platforms in China. The results showed that (1) the commenters were not fragmented between content genres, and (2) the users’ news engagement was positively associated with their entertainment engagement. The findings indicate that the availability of high media choices will not reduce the news engagement of those who have strong interest in entertainment. Instead, news engagement might increase alongside the augmentation of the sum of information engagement. Finally, we discussed the differences between relative news engagement and absolute news engagement.

The Online Media Environment of the North Caucasus: Issues of Preservation and Accessibility in a Zone of Political and Ideological Conflict

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 166-176
Author(s):  
Kit Condill
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Online News ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Web Content ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Additional Risk ◽  
Caucasus Region ◽  
The North ◽  
Multiple Languages

Abstract:As one of the world's most ethnolinguistically-diverse and conflict-prone regions, the North Caucasus presents particular challenges for librarians seeking to preserve its rich and varied online news media content. This content is generated in multiple languages in multiple political and ideological contexts, both within the North Caucasus region and abroad. While online news media content in general is ephemeral, poorly-preserved, and difficult to access via any single search interface or search strategy, content relating to the North Caucasus is at additional risk due to ongoing insurgency/counterinsurgency activity, as well as historical, political and linguistic factors. Various options for preserving and searching North Caucasus web content are explored.

Reflections of German Football Journalists on Their Relationships With Bundesliga Club Public Relations Practitioners

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph G. Grimmer ◽  
Edward M. Kian
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Multimedia Content ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Newspaper Industry ◽  
Public Relations Practitioners ◽  
German Newspaper ◽  
The Impact

This article examines German print sport journalists’ perceptions, experiences, and relationships with Bundesliga clubs’ public relations (PR) staffers and each club’s designated press spokesperson, as well the impact of a competitive, multitier 21st-century media environment on their jobs. All Bundesliga clubs are now disseminating more multimedia content on their own through official Web sites and social media such as Twitter and Facebook. Meanwhile, the German newspaper industry is in a state of transformation and decreased prominence among mediums in German sport journalism. A survey of print journalists who cover Bundesliga clubs showed that these changes have affected the historic symbiotic relationship between the sporting press and Bundesliga clubs. Power and media autonomy have increased for Bundesliga clubs and their designated press spokespersons, while print reporters are more dependent on the clubs’ PR staffers to provide access. The surveyed journalists recognize the increasing power of television in German sport journalism, but nearly half do not consider this as negative for their jobs. These print sport journalists are called on to find new ways and types of media content to begin restoring the needed balance in a symbiotic relationship between independent press and PR, while also distinguishing their work from televised media content.

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