scholarly journals Mutual Profiteering: Sensational Journalism, Society Columns, and Mrs James Brown Potter’s Theatrical Debuts

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-98
Author(s):  
Eileen Curley
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Newspaper Industry ◽  
Fallen Woman ◽  
The Press

In 1887, amateur theatrical performer Cora Urquhart Brown Potter turned professional amid a maelstrom of international newspaper coverage. Newspapers picked up the story of her career, feeding a desire for salacious gossip at the expense of the elite celebrity cast as a fallen woman. Yet, Potter and the press developed a symbiotic relationship, as her non-traditional path to the stage required that she transform her personal celebrity into a professional one in order to attract audiences and bookings. The papers obliged and, as the story developed and her celebrity transformed, they shifted their coverage of Potter’s journey from society columns, to theatrical columns, to sensational front-page spreads. Potter’s early career paralleled and capitalised on such new developments in the newspaper industry and its messaging. While the press continued to sell her scandal, Potter used the papers to profit from her society past while forging her future as a theatre professional.

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.

The Watchdog Still Barks

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Knobel
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Newspaper Industry ◽  
Investigative Reporting ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One ◽  
Important Form ◽  
Better Than

Perhaps no other function of a free press is as important as the watchdog role. It is easier for politicians to get away with abusing power, wasting public funds, and making poor decisions if the press is not shining its light with what is termed “accountability reporting.” This need has become especially clear as the American press has come under direct attack for carrying out its watchdog duties. This book presents a study of how this most important form of journalism came of age in the digital era at American newspapers. The book examines the front pages of nine newspapers, located across the United States, for clues on how papers addressed the watchdog role as the advent of the Internet transformed journalism. It shows how papers of varying sizes and ownership structures around the country marshaled resources for accountability reporting despite significant financial and technological challenges. Although the American newspaper industry contracted significantly during the 1990s and 2000s due to the digital transformation, the data collected in this book shows that the papers held fast to the watchdog role. The newspapers all endured budget and staff cuts during the 20 years studied as paid circulation and advertising dropped, but the amount of deep watchdog reporting on their front pages generally increased over this time. The book contains interviews with editors of the newspapers studied, who explain why they are staking their papers' futures on the one thing that American newspapers still do better than any other segment of the media—watchdog and investigative reporting.

The Newspaper Industry's Campaign against Spacegrabbers, 1917–1921

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 883-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Lucarelli
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Free Space ◽  
World War ◽  
Newspaper Industry ◽  
Public Relations Practitioners ◽  
The Press

Newsprint scarcity and post-World War I advertising volume caused a major revaluation of newspaper space, and the “new profession of public relations” was accused of grabbing free space. The ensuing newspaper industry campaign helped establish the foundation of continuing hard feelings between the press and public relations practitioners.

The Newspaper in Economic Development

1942 ◽  
Vol 2 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold A. Innis
Keyword(s):  
University Graduates ◽  
Industry Studies ◽  
Newspaper Industry ◽  
Economic Interpretation ◽  
The Press ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Dominant Influence

The bibliography of this subject is the subject, and the enormous filescourse of over three centuries are formidability itself. To reduce the element of formidability it is necessary to turn to studies of the newspaper in terms of countries, regions, owners, editors and journalists. But again the bibliography reflects the character of the press. Newspapermen have contributed notably, but unfortunately the training in newspaper work is not ideal for an economic interpretation of the subject. The increasing participation of university graduates in journalism provides a basis for more objective studies, but even here the training.exercises a subtle influence and weakens the possibility of a sustained and effective interpretation. Throughout the history of the newspaper industry, studies reflect the dominant influence of the moment, or perhaps it is safer to say, represent the dominant influence of the tradition of the industry; hence they show a perceptible lag between the newspaper as it is and the newspaper as it was. In the main they are obsessed with the role of the press in relation to political opinion, the importance of freedom of the press, the fourth estate and so on; they are suffused with innumerable cliches1 constantly bubbling up from the effervescence of writing.

scholarly journals Radiografía de la pandemia: análisis de la cobertura periodística de la Covid-19 en portadas de periódicos

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan-Ignacio Cantero-de-Julián ◽  
Pavel Sidorenko-Bautista ◽  
José-María Herranz-de-la-Casa
Keyword(s):  
News Coverage ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Explanatory Role ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
The Press ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Different Levels

Covid-19 has resulted in a totally extraordinary and anomalous situation. This new coronavirus became a global phenomenon after the declaration of a pandemic state, which affects all fields: health, economic, social, scientific, environmental, etc. This health emergency affects many different levels and actors, including media and journalism. As far as news coverage is concerned, the front page of the press represents a relevant object of study from a journalistic, as well as sociological and historiographical, point of view. The front page plays an important temporary explanatory role, especially during an event as disruptive as the pandemic. It offers the possibility to take a “snapshot” of the coverage of an ongoing event. The aim of this research is to analyze the coverage of the new coronavirus and its evolution throughout the first quarter of 2020. To answer these questions, a thematic content analysis of 630 front pages of seven Spanish national generalist newspapers (El país, El mundo, ABC, La razón, La vanguardia, El periódico, and El correo) was carried out. The results indicated that information about the virus increased progressively as the epidemic approached the Spanish borders. The coverage in the Spanish newspapers was highly homogeneous, although some differences can be found, mainly due to editorial trends and regional or national perspectives. The pattern of the analyzed samples is characterized by the current diagnosis of the pandemic, highly focused on the definition of the problem and the proposal of health solutions. Resumen La Covid-19 ha provocado una situación completamente extraordinaria y anómala. El nuevo coronavirus se ha convertido en un fenómeno global tras la declaración de un estado pandémico que afecta a todos los campos: sanitario, económico, social, científico, medioambiental, etc. Esta emergencia sanitaria afecta también a distintos niveles y actores, entre ellos los medios y el periodismo. En lo que a cobertura informativa se refiere, la portada de prensa representa un objeto de estudio relevante desde el punto de vista periodístico, pero también sociológico e historiográfico. La página principal juega un importante papel temporal explicativo, especialmente durante un evento tan disruptivo como la pandemia. Ofrece la posibilidad de “fotografiar” la cobertura de un acontecimiento en curso. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar la cobertura del nuevo coronavirus y su evolución a lo largo del primer trimestre de 2020. Para responder a estas cuestiones, se realiza un análisis de contenido temático de 630 portadas de siete periódicos generalistas españoles de alcance nacional: El país, El mundo, ABC, La razón, La vanguardia, El periódico y El correo. Los resultados indican que la información sobre el virus ha ido aumentando progresivamente según la epidemia se hacía más próxima hasta estar dentro de las fronteras españolas. También que la cobertura fue muy homogénea en los diarios españoles, aunque se localizan algunas diferencias sobre todo por tendencias editoriales y por perspectiva regional o nacional. Asimismo, el patrón de los encuadres analizados se caracteriza por el diagnóstico actual de la pandemia muy enfocado en la definición del problema y la propuesta de soluciones sanitarias.

An Annotated Bibliography of Journalism Subjects in American Magazines

1949 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-239
Author(s):  
William F. Swindler ◽  
DeWitt C. Reddick ◽  
Granville Price ◽  
Armistead S. Pride ◽  
Baskett Mosse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Newspaper Industry ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
The Press ◽  
Draft Convention ◽  
General Business

A concerted congressional effort to raise second-class postage rates was the chief problem facing the press in the spring of 1949. Another legislative question affecting the newspaper industry was the possibility of repeal or comprehensive revision of the Taft-Hartley Act and its effect upon the strategy of both management and labor. In other branches of communications, the commercial success of television manifestly was assured, thus providing press and radio with a permanent new competitor. The general business pause in the spring of 1949, between recession and further inflation, had its effect on advertising also. On the international scene, the long-awaited United Nations draft convention on freedom of information was submitted for debate at Lake Success, with both Britain and the United States expressing fear that the convention would be modified too drastically for them to accept. —W. F. S.

The front page as a time freezer: An analysis of the international newspaper coverage after the Charlie Hebdo attacks

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Niemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Thematic Content ◽  
Social Memories ◽  
Media Event ◽  
False Idea ◽  
Charlie Hebdo

This article argues that the front page plays an important temporal and explicative role for audiences, especially when it comes to journalistic work during a disruptive media event such as the Charlie Hebdo attacks. As a special agent of mediatization, the front page offers the possibility of ‘freezing’ the very often long-lasting live coverage of the (ongoing) happenings. It does not stand in opposition to faster communication of news but the front page is a very special journalistic form that opens interesting ways to contemplate news temporalities on another level. Based on a thematic content analysis of 1017 international front pages, this article develops their typology in order to analyze how the event was covered globally and locally, all by pointing out the different journalistic forms that are utilized. The study shows that the type of front page that is emerging allows us to grasp the coexistence of shared visual and textual regimes without leading to a false idea of a totalizing uniformity of information and thus of future social memories.

South African newspaper coverage of COVID-19: A content analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Wasserman ◽  
Wallace Chuma ◽  
Tanja Bosch ◽  
Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam ◽  
Rachel Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
South African ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
English Language ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Front Page ◽  
News Stories ◽  
African Media ◽  
Negative Tone

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led to unprecedented media coverage globally and in South Africa where, at the time of writing, over 20,000 people had died from the virus. This article explores how mainstream print media covered the COVID-19 pandemic during this time of crisis. The news media play a key role in keeping the public informed during such health crises and potentially shape citizens’ perceptions of the pandemic. Drawing on a content analysis of 681 front-page news stories across eleven English-language publications, we found that nearly half of the stories used an alarmist narrative, more than half of the stories had a negative tone, and most publications reported in an episodic rather than thematic manner. Most of the stories focused on impacts of the pandemic and included high levels of sensationalism. In addition, despite the alarmist and negative nature of the reporting, most of the front-page reports did not provide information about ways to limit the spread of the virus or attempt to counter misinformation about the pandemic, raising key issues about the roles and responsibilities of the South African media during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study shows that South African newspaper coverage of COVID-19 was largely negative, possibly to attract audience attention and increase market share, but that this alarmist coverage left little possibility for citizens’ individual agency and self-efficacy in navigating the pandemic.

Crisis, Reform, and Constitutionalization

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Craig
Keyword(s):  
Financial Regulation ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Administrative Reform ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Current Pattern ◽  
First Report ◽  
The Press ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact

The previous chapter considered the history and typology of EU administration. The present chapter focuses on the impact of resignation of the Santer Commission, which had profound significance for EU administration, and the controls to which it was subject. The resignation received front-page attention in the press, proof for those minded to believe it of the malaise which had long existed within that organization. Its downfall was prompted by the First Report of the Committee of Independent Experts. This was followed in quick succession by reforms instituted by Romano Prodi as the new President of the Commission, by the Committee of Independent Experts’ Second Report, by the White Paper on reform of the Commission and implementation of these reforms. An understanding of these developments is crucial in order to appreciate the current pattern of EU administration. This chapter will chart these developments leading to administrative reform, including the Financial Regulation, which established a constitutional framework for Union administration of the kind that had not existed hitherto. Subsequent chapters will analyse the provisions contained therein as they relate to different types of EU administration.

The Press and Public Access to the Environment and Development Debate

1993 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Lacey ◽  
David Longman
Keyword(s):  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Press ◽  
Long Time ◽  
On Line ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Economic Future

This paper presents an analysis of some aspects of newspaper coverage of environment and development issues. In particular, Global Warming and the Sudan famine are used as case studies of the features of this coverage. It argues that there are few grounds for adopting the optimistic view, as taken by some researchers, that the press will sustain and deepen its reporting of these issues. The analysis uses a computer-based methodology in which a key feature is the use of full-text on-line database of the contents of four newspapers. This paper presents the first steps in applying this methodology to the investigation of press reporting. It shows how the broad quantitative indicators available from this source can illustrate comparative patterns of newspaper coverage over long time periods and a wide range of themes. The ultimate purpose of this analysis is to understand the processes which contribute to informing or educating public debate about issues that crucially affect the political and economic future of society. The argument is that the press docs educate the public (its readers) but that this process is highly selective, it can contradict espoused editorial policy, and frequently environment and development issues receive less prominence as their political significance increases. The analysis shows therefore that in many cases the coverage given to these issues actually declines even as their significance increases. The authors argue that a social solution is required if the press is to be re-established as a public educator in a more positive sense. Methods must be developed for monitoring and influencing the processes by which the press manipulates the climate of opinion whilst nurturing its readership. One approach to this problem is taken by the Education Networks for Environment and Development Project at Sussex University where the results of this type of analysis are used to inform an open network of workers in a variety of professional institutions. Future investigations will look in more detail at this concept.

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