Proactive crisis communication? News coverage of international conflicts in German print and broadcasting media

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne F Zillich ◽  
Roland Göbbel ◽  
Karin Stengel ◽  
Michaela Maier ◽  
Georg Ruhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
International Conflicts ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
News Value ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Peace Journalism

This study examines the ambitions of proactive crisis communication in the realm of international conflicts. Based on the concept of peace journalism, the authors analyse whether German media coverage on international conflicts complies with normative demands. So far, most studies have investigated the media’s role during the climactic stages of conflicts and have neglected the pre- and post-escalation phases. Therefore, the study distinguishes four specific phases of a conflict. With regard to news value theory, it shows that international conflicts exhibit different news factors in their particular phases; in addition, it illustrates that the propositions of peace journalism, although considered relevant by journalists, are hardly being fulfilled in their day-to-day conflict reporting. Combining content analytical research with semi-structured interviews proves to be fruitful for critically reflecting the demands of proactive crisis communication.

Looking over the channel: The balance of media coverage about the “refugee crisis” in Germany and the UK

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Maurer ◽  
Jörg Haßler ◽  
Simon Kruschinski ◽  
Pablo Jost
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Television News ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
British Government ◽  
News Value ◽  
The Uk

Abstract This study compares the balance of newspaper and television news coverage about migration in two countries that were differently affected by the so-called “refugee crisis” in 2015 in terms of the geopolitical involvement and numbers of migrants being admitted. Based on a broad consensus among political elites, Germany left its borders open and received about one million migrants mainly from Syria during 2015. In contrast, the conservative British government was heavily attacked by oppositional parties for closing Britain’s borders and, thus, restricting immigration. These different initial situations led to remarkable differences between the news coverage in both countries. In line with news value theory, German media outlets reported much more on migration than did their British counterparts. In line with indexing theory, German news coverage consonantly reflected the consensual view of German political elites, while British news media reported along their general editorial lines.

scholarly journals News values on social media: Exploring what drives peaks in user activity about organizations on Twitter

Journalism ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 633-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theo Araujo ◽  
Toni GLA van der Meer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
News Values ◽  
News Value ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Twitter Activity

Since news circulation increasingly takes place online, the public has gained the capacity to influence the salience of topics on the agenda, especially when it comes to social media. Considering increased scrutiny about organizations, this study aims to understand what causes heightened activity to organization-related topics among Twitter users. We explore the extent to which news value theory, news coverage, and influential actors can explain peaks in Twitter activity about organizations. Based on a dataset of 1.8 million tweets about 18 organizations, the findings show that the news values social impact, geographical closeness, facticity, as well as certain influential actors, can explain the intensity of online activities. Moreover, the results advocate for a more nuanced understanding of the relation between news media and social media users, as indications of reversed agenda-setting patterns were observed.

scholarly journals News about newspaper advertisers: To what extent can corporate advertising budgets predict editorial uptake and coverage of corporate press releases?

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 1397-1414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane A Lischka ◽  
Julian Stressig ◽  
Fabienne Bünzli
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Church And State ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Press Release ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
News Values ◽  
Corporate Advertising ◽  
News Source ◽  
News Value

News value theory aims to predict a story’s chance of being selected for publication based on news factors and ascribed news values. News values can also predict the coverage of corporate press releases. For news decisions, a newspaper’s revenue model may force editors to consider whether the source of a press release is an advertising client, despite the ‘separation of church and state’. In addition, for business journalism, corporate press releases have become an increasingly important news source. This study combines news values and advertiser weight to predict news coverage of press releases of banks in the news of partly and fully advertising-funded newspapers in Switzerland. Results show that advertiser importance can explain press release coverage concerning article length and tone in few cases, but has no universal news value. Public relations material is also not used as editorial subsidy for news. Larger companies are more successful in terms of press release uptake. However, their articles consist of a greater share of non-public relations material. Thus, our findings confirm editorial independence instead of copy-paste or obsequious journalism.

Perceptions of Minority Discrimination: Perspectives of Jews Living in Germany on News Media Coverage

2020 ◽  
pp. 107769902098475
Author(s):  
Philip Baugut
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Jewish Life ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Identity Threats

This study explores how Jews in Germany perceive news coverage and its influence on third persons. Against the background of social identity theory, 29 semi-structured interviews with Jews demonstrated that they perceived sensationalist reports on antisemitism, overinsistent links to the Holocaust, the equation of Jews and Israel, and stereotypical portrayals of Jewish life. Such reports led participants to believe that non-Jews perceived Jews as strangers in society. Our findings underline the importance of nonstereotyped reporting on minorities and suggest that individuals’ contemplation about media coverage and its influence on society may be interpreted as a consequence of social identity threats.

scholarly journals Mediated Visibility and Public Environmental Litigation: The Interplay between Inside and Outside Court during Environmental Conflict in Australia

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Cynthia Nixon ◽  
Claire Konkes
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Environmental Conflict ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Response ◽  
Legal Outcomes ◽  
Media And Communication

Conflicts over environmental sustainability are increasingly being fought in court, such as the use of Public Environmental Litigation (PEL) to challenge developments impacting the environment in Australia and elsewhere. News media coverage of PEL introduces legal actors to the dynamics of mediatized environmental conflict, which provides a platform for conflict actors to gain mediated visibility for their cause to influence public debate. When legal opportunities, such as PEL, are used as a campaign tactic, the dynamics of contest are exposed and, while courts have some power over legal actors, parties seek news media to favorably translate legal outcomes to the public. This article explores the nexus of PEL, news media, and communication strategies to find greater understanding of who gains from the mediated visibility that occurs when transnational environmental campaigns take their claims to court. Using content analysis and discourse analysis of news texts and semi-structured interviews relating to eight PEL cases instigated to stop the Adani Carmichael coal megamine in Australia, we seek better understanding of the mechanisms at play when PEL campaigns appear in news media, and find that the dominance of outside court sources in news coverage not only privilege the political aspects of PEL over the legal, but highlights how strategic litigation, such as PEL, can be used to influence public opinion and, therefore, a political response, regarding environmental conflict.

#MeToo and broadcast journalism in South Korea: The gatekeeping process of #MeToo

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-240
Author(s):  
Misook Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Social System ◽  
System Level ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Broadcast Journalism ◽  
News Value ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Tv Broadcasting

This article aims to articulate the process of broadcasting #MeToo in South Korea to understand the gatekeeping process and its impact on the expansion of the #MeToo movement. After Suh Ji-hyun, a prosecutor, spoke out publicly about her experiences of being sexually harassed, South Korea has witnessed the expansion of #MeToo and #WithYou, a solidarity movement with the victims, in every sector of society. To understand how a gendered and patriarchal society could bring huge support for the #MeToo, this article sheds light on the broadcasting process of #MeToo. The most trusted and influential news brand in South Korea is JTBC, a TV broadcasting company. This research conducted semi-structured interviews with JTBC journalists and analysed the content of the JTBC news. JTBC put higher news value on ‘victim’s voices’ delivered directly through TV live interviews and framed #MeToo as a ‘structural problem’ from the power relation. Through interviews with journalists, this research found that #MeToo stories could pass through the individual, organizational and social-system level, which made the intensive media coverage on #MeToo possible and eventually developed the expansion and impact of #MeToo among society including media organizations reflexively.

An investigation of the conceptualization of peace and war in peace journalism studies of media coverage of national and international conflicts

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Gouse ◽  
Mariely Valentin-Llopis ◽  
Stephen Perry ◽  
Beryl Nyamwange
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
International Conflicts ◽  
Journalism Studies ◽  
War And Conflict ◽  
The Media ◽  
War Journalism ◽  
Peace Journalism ◽  
Peace And War ◽  
High Road

According to Galtung’s articles ‘On the role of the media in worldwide security and peace’ (1986) and ‘High road, low road: Charting the course for peace journalism’ (1998), war journalism and peace journalism are two competing frames when reporting news on war and conflict. War journalists reactively report on conflict in a way that propagates violence, victory, and an elitist orientation. On the contrary, peace journalists proactively report on the causes of and solutions to a conflict, giving voice to all parties through responsible, empathetic journalism. By searching databases for multiple examples of qualitative and quantitative literature on peace and war journalism, new paths to best practices of how scholars articulate and measure the concepts of peace and war using content analysis methods can be found. This article reports on studies published in peer-reviewed journals that investigate the attributes of peace and war as they are conceptualized by scholars analyzing newspaper articles, television broadcasts, and radio reports within the context of peace journalism. Results suggest the majority of peace journalism studies examine media surrounding direct violence as it is occurring, and assess it most often by using the war/peace indicator of elite-oriented versus people-oriented.

Welcome to the Party

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khadijah Costley White
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Tea Party ◽  
Audience Appeal

This chapter lays out the Tea Party’s history as a mass-mediated construction in the context of journalism, political communication, and social movement studies. It argues that the news coverage of the Tea Party primarily chronicled its meaning, appeal, motivations, influence, and circulation—an emphasis on its persona more than its policies. In particular, the news media tracked the Tea Party as a brand, highlighting its profits, marketability, brand leaders, and audience appeal. The Tea Party became a brand through news media coverage; in defining it as a brand, the Tea Party was a story, message, and cognitive shortcut that built a lasting relationship with citizen-consumers through strong emotional connections, self-expression, consumption, and differentiation.

Media Malaise and the Decline of Legitimacy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Van Aelst
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Political News ◽  
Negative Tone ◽  
Election News ◽  
Over Time

This chapter analyzes media malaise theories and their consequences for legitimacy. These theories argue that the increasing availability of information through new and old media and increasingly negative tone of media are to blame for declining legitimacy. The chapter examines these claims by providing a systematic review of empirical research on media and political support. It first investigates whether news coverage has become more negative over time, and then examines the micro process that might explain the link between media coverage and political support. Empirical evidence suggests that where coverage has become more negative, this occurred before the 1990s and has levelled off since, and is concentrated primarily in election news. Negative political news does have a modest impact on political support once controlled for level of education, but that effect can be positive and negative, depending on the medium, the receiver, and the indicator of political support.

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