The comment gap: Affective publics and gatekeeping in The New York Times’ comment sections

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146488492093375
Author(s):  
Clara Juarez Miro
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Boundary Work ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Safe Spaces

This study examines journalists’ gatekeeping and audiences’ participation in The New York Times’ (NYT) comment sections. The concepts of affective publics and news gap informed a qualitative content analysis guided by the questions: (1) What are the characteristics of the comments selected for the NYT Picks section? (2) What are the characteristics of the comments selected for the Reader Picks section? (3) What is the overlap between the two types of comment sections depicted in these curated lists? The analysis was conducted on a sample of best comments according to the NYT (563) and its readers (400). Findings reveal that readers and journalists value comment sections differently, only coinciding 17.2% of the time (the comment gap). Both value comment sections as safe spaces for passionate comments. However, while readers reward confrontational, direct, aligned comments, journalists prefer conciliatory, articulate, and diverse ones. Implications for gatekeeping theory and boundary work are discussed.

scholarly journals Assessing the media visibility of China’s President Xi Jinping’s first 3-year governance in The New York Times

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-480
Author(s):  
Xiaoqun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Composite Measure ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Media ◽  
Multiple Frames ◽  
Two Parameters

This study assessed the media visibility, a composite measure of attention and prominence, of China’s President Xi Jinping’s first 3-year governance in The New York Times. The assessment was based on the content analysis of 317 news articles focusing on Chinese President. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify three major frames, 12 mid-level frames, and 18 sub-frames. Quantitative content analysis was used to measure the attention, prominence, and the combination of these two parameters of these frames. The findings showed that The New York Times employed multiple frames to report Chinese President, and the two frames with the highest media visibility are (Domestic) Campaigns and Strategies and China-United States (relations), rather than Human Rights.

How a copy desk “edit” influenced corrections at the New York Times

2021 ◽  
pp. 073953292110135
Author(s):  
Kirstie Hettinga ◽  
Elizabeth Smith
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
International News ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
The Times ◽  
Editing Process

The New York Times “streamlined” its editing process in 2017 and reduced the editing staff by nearly half. Through content analysis on corrections (N = 1,149), this research examines the effects of these cuts. Analysis revealed the Times published more corrections before the changes, but that corrections appeared more quickly after the original error occurred and there were more corrections for content in the A section following the staffing cuts. The A section includes national and international news and thus often contains political content, which is rife for heightened scrutiny in an age of media distrust. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

Narcos addiction: A three-decade content analysis of the representation of Colombia in The New York Times and on IMDb.com

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 504-516
Author(s):  
David Bockino
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Media Representation ◽  
South American ◽  
South American Country ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Setting Theory

Building on research into media representation of countries and agenda-setting theory, a content analysis analyzed the way Colombia was portrayed in The New York Times headlines and IMDb plot summaries during 1980 to 2013. This unusual longitudinal study compares the representation of Colombia to other South American countries. Among other conclusions, this study finds that over the 34-year period the word “drug” was included in a New York Times headline with the word “Colombia” more times than any other word with any other South American country.

The “Not-So-Genial” Conspiracy: The New York Times and Six Presidential “Honeymoons,” 1953–1993

1995 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 841-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Front Page ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Press

Scholars and political actors generally believe that presidents enjoy a period of sanguine rapport with the press gallery during a honeymoon of about two months at the beginning of each new administration. The honeymoon is characterized by a minimum of hostile questions by reporters and relatively gentle media treatment of the new president. However, this content analysis of front-page headlines in the New York Times during the first 100 days of the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton administrations suggests that all honeymoons are not equal.

International News and Borrowed News in the New York Times: An Update

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Riffe ◽  
Charles F. Aust ◽  
Rhonda J. Gibson ◽  
Elizabeth K. Viall ◽  
Huiuk Yi
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Trend Analysis ◽  
Third World ◽  
New York Times ◽  
International News ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
News Organization ◽  
Second World

This content analysis shows the number of international news items in the New York Times has decreased over the last 22 years. Roughly one in five items contained second-hand or borrowed news (material first disseminated by and attributed to another news organization), though trend analysis indicates increasing news borrowing. Borrowed news was most common in items from Second World (Communist) nations, but the proportion has dropped significantly during the ′80s. Third World borrowed news continues to increase significantly.

scholarly journals Preschool for all : how sourcing shaped news framing of universal pre-k rollout in New York city

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Elle Moxely
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
News Framing ◽  
The New York Times

As niche publications fill the void left by a shrinking legacy media, this comparative case study asks how the sourcing practices of journalists at the education news nonprofit Chalkbeat New York influenced news framing of early childhood education. Chalkbeat's coverage of universal pre-K rollout in New York City was compared to The New York Times and WNYC. A qualitative content analysis of 178 articles published between January 1 and December 31, 2014, found that journalists at all three news organizations quoted government sources most often. But Chalkbeat and WNYC also brought education officials into the conversation, something reporters at The New York Times did only occasionally. This might be because universal pre-K is framed as a political issue in The Times. As the Every Student Succeeds Act replaces the deeply unpopular mandates of No Child Left Behind, this comparative case study points to the need for education reporters who are subject matter experts capable of translating jargon and policy for their audience.

scholarly journals Article or advertisement? How legacy and new media are blurring lines and creating new hybrid content through native advertising

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Fernandez-Blance
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
New Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Editorial Content ◽  
The Creation

This Master of Professional Communication Major Research Paper (MRP), a pilot study, examines how native advertising is used by new and legacy media publications in an effort to determine whether the lines between advertisement and editorial content have been blurred. The literature reviewed outlines the creation of added-value content through framing, recognition of persuasion attempts and the creation of synergy through contextual similarity. Within this MRP, a qualitative content analysis was conducted on 5 samples of native advertising from legacy publication The New York Times and 5 samples from new media publication BuzzFeed within the 2015 calendar year. The results of the content analysis have indicated that through framing, persuasion and contextual similarity, the lines between advertisement and editorial content in both publications appear to have softened.

How Is a Country Image and Identitiy Construction Reflected via Discourses in Press?

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
Emel Özdemir
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Country Image ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Analysis Technique

This chapter is aimed to put the matter of how is a country image able to be constructed in hand through the medium of the online press, by evaluating The New York Times (USA), The Daily Express (England), Spiegel Online International (Germany), and Le Monde Diplomatique (France) in terms of “Turkish image and identity” throughout four months (January-April) in 2019. The author uses Van Dijk's discourse analysis approach that is based on two main principles, macro and micro discourse analysis, and the content analysis technique. It is possible with this evaluation to determine how Turkish image and identity is established and what kinds of images, expressions, and representations are used by the foreign press, as well as their approach to Turkish identity.

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