How Australian online news frames domestic violence homicides

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katri Uibu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Online News ◽  
News Frames ◽  
Breaking News ◽  
Speed And Accuracy

This article investigates how Australian online news covers domestic violence and its homicides by examining the content of 2324 domestic violence articles published online between 2014 and 2016 by ABC News Digital, The Sydney Morning Herald and news.com.au. While content analysis is used to examine the messages in the articles, twelve interviews with reporters and editors were conducted to investigate decision-making behind the coverage. Results show Australian online news coverage is murder-oriented, with reporters and editors regarding such reporting as most effective in growing readership and influencing audiences, therefore deliberately producing coverage that risks being sensational. The article investigates how these media navigate the speed and accuracy balance when covering domestic violence that, as studies indicate, emerges as homicides and breaking news.

“What’s going on” in Ferguson? Online news frames of protest at the police killing of Michael Brown

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 882-901
Author(s):  
Travis A. Riddle ◽  
Kate M. Turetsky ◽  
Julia G. Bottesini ◽  
Colin Wayne Leach
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Online News ◽  
News Frames ◽  
General Audience ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Black Teenager ◽  
Racial Injustice ◽  
Police Shooting ◽  
Different Sources

Public reactions to protests are often divided, with some viewing the protest as a legitimate response to injustice and others perceiving the protest as illegitimate. We examine how online news sources oriented to different audiences frame protest, potentially encouraging these divergent reactions. We focus on online news coverage following the 2014 police shooting of a Black teenager, Michael Brown. Preregistered analyses of headlines and images and their captions showed that sources oriented toward African Americans were more likely to include content conveying racial injustice and legitimacy of the subsequent protests than sources oriented toward a general audience. In contrast, general audience sources emphasized conflict between protesters and police, making fewer references to the protesters’ cause. Whereas much work on media segregation addresses the propensity of audiences to consume different sources, our work suggests that news sources may also contribute to information fragmentation by differentially framing the same events.

This Just in … How National TV News Handled the Breaking “Live” Coverage of September 11

2003 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 689-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Reynolds ◽  
Brooke Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Breaking News ◽  
Tv News ◽  
September 11 Attacks

This study identifies the different roles that journalists assumed in breaking news coverage of the September 11 terrorism attacks and explores how a change in traditional reporting routines might affect the type of information broadcast journalists disseminate. The first five hours of breaking news coverage of the September 11 attacks on CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS is examined through content analysis. The data show that journalists who broke the news of September 11 assumed multiple roles to deliver information including that of expert and social commentator; they reported rumors, used anonymous sources, and frequently included personal references in their reporting.

The science grapevine: Influence of blog information on the online media coverage of the 2010 arsenic-based life study

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 626-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunver Lystbaek Vestergaard
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Online News ◽  
Online Media ◽  
News Frames ◽  
Life Study ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
News Content

Informal chatter has always been part of the scientific community, but with the emergence of online blogs these casual debates have become public. Here, I present a case study of how blog information influenced the online news frames during the December 2010 coverage of the arsenic-based life study. The results show how media frames were homogeneous and transformed abruptly from a positive ‘Gee Whiz’ frame towards a critical frame and lastly to a meta media frame over the course of a few days. From beginning to end, the blogosphere heavily influenced the news content, use of sources and spread of information between news outlets. Such rapid and uncontrollable influence of blogosphere information on online news coverage can be explained theoretically as an example of science grapevine communication.

99 Reasons and He Ain’t One: A Content Analysis of Domestic Homicide News Coverage

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsey Lee ◽  
Jennifer S. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Victim Blaming ◽  
Domestic Homicide ◽  
Print News ◽  
Media Presentation

Domestic violence is a widespread issue, with victims suffering emotional and physical harm and severe cases resulting in homicide. Media presentation of these extreme instances may affect public opinion and related policies. The current study considered the portrayal of domestic homicides in Canadian print news, using articles published in the Vancouver Sun between 2004 and 2015. A content analysis shows domestic homicides were portrayed as isolated incidents and perpetuated the notions of victim blaming and offender excusing, rather than as connected to a pattern of domestic violence. This portrayal may affect how domestic violence and homicides are perceived and addressed.

African American online newspapers’ coverage of policy debate on the Affordable Care Act in 2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-367
Author(s):  
Masudul Biswas ◽  
Nam Young Kim
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
News Frames ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Political Contention ◽  
The Affordable Care Act

Using content analysis, this study examined the coverage on the repeal and replace efforts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2017 in three African American online newspapers—Afro.Com, AtlantaBlackStar.Com, and PhillyTrib.com. Top three news frames across the news coverage by these online newspapers reflected political contention and political maneuverings around the ACA and potential policy implications of the Republicans’ proposed bills to replace the ACA.

scholarly journals Online News Coverage of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax in Malaysia: Content Analysis (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Faiz Mohd Hanim ◽  
Budi Aslinie Md Sabri ◽  
Norashikin Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Online News ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Sugar Sweetened Beverages ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Robust Solution ◽  
Sweetened Beverages

BACKGROUND In Malaysia, the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) tax was announced during the parliament's 2019 Budget Speech. The tax was slated to be enforced by April 2019 but was later postponed to July 2019. The announcement has since generated significant media coverage and public feedback. OBJECTIVE This study presents a qualitative and quantitative cross-sectional study using netnography to examine how Malaysian online news articles responded to the SSBs tax after the announcement and postimplementation. METHODS Online news articles published on popular online news platforms from November 2018 to August 2019 were downloaded using NCapture and imported into NVivo for analysis using the inductive approach and thematic content analysis following the initial SSBs implementation announcement. RESULTS A total of 62 news articles were analyzed. Most of the articles positively portrayed the SSBs tax (46.8%) and highlighted its health impacts (76%). There were 7 key framing arguments identified in the articles. The positive arguments revolved around incentivizing manufacturers to introduce healthier products voluntarily, positive health consequences, the tax’s impact on government revenue, and the use of the generated revenue toward beneficial social programs. The opposing arguments included increased operating costs to the manufacturer, the increased retail price of drinks, and how the SSBs tax is not a robust solution to obesity. The top priority sector considered in introducing the tax was the health perspective, followed by economic purposes and creating policies such as regulating the food and drinks industry. CONCLUSIONS The majority of online news articles positively reported the implementation of the SSBs tax in Malaysia. This suggests media played a role in garnering support for the health policy. As such, relevant bodies can use negative findings to anticipate and reframe counteracting arguments opposing the SSBs tax.

scholarly journals Investigating Rape Culture in News Coverage of the Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford Cases

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110211
Author(s):  
Lindsey E. Blumell ◽  
Dinfin Mulupi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
News Media ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Online News ◽  
Victim Blaming ◽  
Rape Culture ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
Male Power

This content analysis ( N = 1,527) examined the presence of rape culture acceptance (dismissal of event, victim blaming, discrediting survivor, and threats to survivor) and anti-rape culture (support for survivor, and mention of: systemic problem, rape culture, and male power dominance) in news coverage of Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against a U.S. Supreme Court nominee. Results show higher rape acceptance in Blasey Ford news coverage and no difference between the cases and anti-rape culture. Online news media focused on personal impact to Blasey Ford, while traditional news media focused on impact to Thomas Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas.

Antecedents of strategic game framing in political news coverage

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 937-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desirée Schmuck ◽  
Raffael Heiss ◽  
Jörg Matthes ◽  
Sven Engesser ◽  
Frank Esser
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Online News ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Strategic Game ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Political News ◽  
Media Type ◽  
Quantitative Content

The use of strategic game framing is predominant in mainstream news reporting of politics. Nevertheless, systematic research on the specific antecedents of strategic game framing – especially in non-electoral periods – is scarce. Against this background, this quantitative content analysis of print, TV and online news investigates the antecedents of strategic game framing in a non-electoral context in two Western European countries – Austria and Switzerland. The study focuses on media type, online versus offline editions, and content-related variables as antecedents of the media’s framing of political news. Findings reveal that the highly competitive online environment, opinionated story types and issues focusing on the functioning of democracy fuel the use of the strategic game frame in political news coverage in non-electoral times. Furthermore, the results indicate that content-related predictors moderate the influence of media-related antecedents such as newspaper type. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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