scholarly journals Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English Websites: Agenda-Setting as a Means to Comparatively Analyze Online News Stories

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mohamed-A. Satti
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Online News ◽  
Al Jazeera ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Al Jazeera English

Transnational news media coverage of distant suffering in the Syrian civil war: An analysis of CNN, Al-Jazeera English and Sputnik online news

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-424
Author(s):  
Xu Zhang ◽  
Catherine A. Luther
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Online News ◽  
Human Suffering ◽  
Al Jazeera ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Transnational Media ◽  
Distant Suffering ◽  
Al Jazeera English

This study analyzed news stories published on the online sites of CNN, Al-Jazeera English, and Sputnik to investigate how the transnational news outlets framed the human suffering associated with the Syrian war. Unlike prior studies that have tended to be based on traditional nation-state paradigms, this research approached the analysis from a cosmopolitan perspective. The findings revealed that in concert with standard journalistic routines and news values, all three news outlets commonly employed a mass death and displacement frame to depict human suffering inside Syria. The adoption of this frame suggests that in telling the story of human suffering, the three media outlets focused on brief facts and shocking statistics without detailed depictions of the human suffering. The meager presence of a cosmopolitan outlook in the news coverage indicates that although transnational media target a global audience with English as Lingua Franca, they cannot be completely independent of geopolitics.

scholarly journals Key Words Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Comparing the Media and the Public Agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2 (40)) ◽  
pp. 5-25
Author(s):  
Dana Raluca BUTUROIU ◽  
Mihai GAVRILESCU
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Online News ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Public Agenda ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory

Based on recent ramifications of the traditional agenda-setting model, this paper aims at analyzing the convergence of the media and the public agenda in times of crisis. Specifically, drawing upon the network agenda-setting theory, this article explores the main key words associated with COVID-19—related topics in both the media and the public agendas. Main findings suggest that the media used context dependent key words to refer to the pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020, both television and online news stories referred to issues related to the vi- rus itself, to the measures taken to limit its spread, and to some medical conditions, while in January 2021 media focused on key words related to vaccination and immunization. In terms of public agenda, results show that people tended to refer to pandemic-related issues mainly in negative terms, due to both media exposure and, presumably, personal experiences. These results offer valuable insights into the dynamics of both media and public agenda in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing fertile ground for better understanding how media shape several public attitudes and behaviors.

scholarly journals Media Coverage in Times of Crisis. Intermedia Agenda-setting of COVID-19 – related Topics

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Dana Raluca Buturoiu ◽  
Ana Voloc
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Television News ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Online News ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Intermedia Agenda Setting ◽  
The Media

In times of crisis, the media play a crucial role in offering people information and updates related to the ongoing events. Thus, the media implicitly shape public opinion on the issues they cover and, as a result, influence public attitudes and behaviors. In this context, this paper aims at analyzing the media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, by means of quantitative content analysis (N=1511) conducted on both television and online news stories released during March 18-31 2020, this study sheds light on the agenda-setting effects of the media and the phenomenon known as intermedia agenda-setting. Main results show that, in spring 2020, both television and online news stories extensively covered COVID-19 topics, focusing on domestic issues such as decisions taken by the authorities in order to manage the pandemic, effects of the virus, and statistics. Furthermore, results show a relatively high intermedia agenda-setting effect within the Romanian media environment. Content published online (either in the form of social media content or online stories) is frequently “borrowed” and cited in both online and television news stories, leading us to the idea that digital media might have become mainstream information sources.

scholarly journals Sampah Dalam Kacamata Media Online

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Rr. Pramesthi Ratnaningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Online News ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Treatment Recommendation ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Road ◽  
Time News ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
On The Road

The aim of this research is to explain how Tribunjogja.com constructs and frames the issue of trash (Jogja Darurat Sampah) in the period of March to April 2019. During the  time, news articles were narrowed based on the TPST Piyungan tag (#TPSTPiyungan) until 43 online news stories were obtained on 11 different dates. This study uses a qualitative and constructionistparadigm approach. Agenda Setting theory is employed in conjunction with Entman's framing analysis which has four elements: defining the problem, diagnosing the cause, making moral judgments, and treatment recommendations. The integration of the theories and analysis aims to see the tendency of Tribunjogja.com in responding to problems (of trash) in the society. The results showed that the news revealed the facts of social and economic problems that occur in the community related to trash problems. The closure of TPST Piyungan (integrated landfills) conducted by residents departs from poor trash management. The domino effect is the over accumulation of garbage in temporary landfills (TPS) and depots, even scattering on the road. Economically, this problem disrupts the income of people who have jobs collecting trash from people's homes. This problem is closely related to the economical, social, and sanitation aspects of the wider community. Trash becomes a time bomb that demands government policies that considering the social aspects of local residents of TPST Piyungan, and the wider society. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan bagaimana Tribunjogja.com mengonstruksi dan membingkai isu sampah (Jogja Darurat Sampah) pada periode Maret hingga April 2019. Dalam kurun waktu tersebut, artikel berita dipersempit berdasarkan tag TPST Piyungan hingga didapatkan 43 berita daring pada 11 tanggal yang berbeda. Dengan demikian, digunakan pendekatan kualitatif dan paradigma konstruksionis. Teori agenda setting digunakan bersama analisis framing Entman yang memiliki elemen define problems, diagnose causes, make moral judgement, dan treatment recommendation. Penggabungan teori dan analisis tersebut untuk melihat kecenderungan pemberitaan Tribunjogja.com dalam merespon permasalahan di lapangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa berita cenderung memunculkan aspek sosial dan ekonomi. Mengingat penutupan atau blokade TPST Piyungan yang dilakukan warga setempat berangkat dari pengelolaan TPST yang tidak baik. Dampak penutupan itu membuat sampah menggunung di TPS dan depo-depo, bahkan berceceran sampai di jalan. Secara ekonomi, terlihat tertutupnya pendapatan warga yang memiliki pekerjaan jasa pengambilan sampah dari rumah-rumah penduduk. Hal tersebut terkait dengan hajat hidup dan kesehatan masyarakat luas. Sampah menjadi bom waktu yang menuntut kebijakan pemerintah yang tidak menanggalkan aspek sosial bagi warga setempat TPST Piyungan pada khususnya, dan masyarakat luas pada umumnya. 

Moving people: Proper distance and global news coverage of migration in 2019

2021 ◽  
pp. 174276652110399
Author(s):  
Alexa Robertson ◽  
Nadja Schaetz
Keyword(s):  
Television News ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Al Jazeera ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
News Stories ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Proper Distance ◽  
Global Television ◽  
Al Jazeera English

Moving people comprise both a subject of news reports (of refugees, migrants and other people-on-the-move) and a way of reporting on the issues involved. Viewers can be moved and placed in a discursive relation to the displaced when news stories construct what Arendt called ‘proper distance’. This possibility is explored in the article, which compares coverage of migration issues in 2019 on four global television news channels: Al Jazeera English, BBC World, CNN International and RT. The results provide evidence of approaches that differ in striking and thought-provoking ways, giving global television news consumers different resources for making sense of a complicated global crisis.

The Effect of Searching Versus Surfing on Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Online News

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Wise ◽  
Hyo Jung Kim ◽  
Jeesum Kim
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Skin Conductance Level ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Online News ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Mixed Design ◽  
Information Need ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Rate Acceleration

A mixed-design experiment was conducted to explore differences between searching and surfing on cognitive and emotional responses to online news. Ninety-two participants read three unpleasant news stories from a website. Half of the participants acquired their stories by searching, meaning they had a previous information need in mind. The other half of the participants acquired their stories by surfing, with no previous information need in mind. Heart rate, skin conductance, and corrugator activation were collected as measures of resource allocation, motivational activation, and unpleasantness, respectively, while participants read each story. Self-report valence and recognition accuracy were also measured. Stories acquired by searching elicited greater heart rate acceleration, skin conductance level, and corrugator activation during reading. These stories were rated as more unpleasant, and their details were recognized more accurately than similar stories that were acquired by surfing. Implications of these results for understanding how people process online media are discussed.

scholarly journals What’s Happened to Global News?

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa Robertson
Keyword(s):  
World Politics ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Al Jazeera ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
National Media ◽  
The World ◽  
Geographical Scope ◽  
Al Jazeera English

Abstract Scholarship on “global journalism” – to the extent that the phenomenon is explored empirically – is often based on the analysis of national media. This article considers, instead, how the global fares in global newsrooms, and what has happened to global news since the early years of the millennium. It is argued that, while much has changed in world politics and scholarly agendas, global news is characterized more by continuity than change, and that the interesting differences are not between “then” and “now,” but between news outlets. The results of the analysis of 2189 newscasts, 7591 headlines and 5379 news items broadcast over a period of 13 years by four global news organizations (Al Jazeera English, BBC World, CNN International, and RT) call into question assumptions about the cosmopolitan nature of channels said to speak to the world. They show that only a small percentage of their news can be considered “global” in terms of topic and geographical scope, although there are thought-provoking differences in how the global is narrated. Taken together, they provide occasion to revisit the scholarly debate on global journalism.

scholarly journals Analysis of News Coverage of Kashmir Crisis by Global News Channels After the Abolition of Article 370

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-227
Author(s):  
Taufiq Ahmad ◽  
Saba Sultana ◽  
Ayesha Riaz
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Online News ◽  
Al Jazeera ◽  
Government Leader ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Insight Into

This study analyzes the Kashmir conflict by little empirical work on Kashmir News after the abolition of Article 370. The purpose here is to identify the nature of news coverage by the global news media. For this purpose, 193 new stories were selected which were appeared at the web sources of three global news channels BBC, CNN, Aljazeera. This study primarily focusses on Content analysis of how CNN, BBC and AL JAZEERA designed Kashmir in their online news broadcasting with time frame of from 5 August to 30 September 2019 soon after the revocation of Article 370 while determining the difference in storytelling and the search for stories of information about Kashmir. By using an original coding program that extract on the coverage of Kashmir conflict, media effects and agenda-setting theories, the analysis is found that AL JAZEERA has heavily relied on episodic coverage and focued on international condemnation frame in its coverage than CNN which heavily focused on the Human-interest frame as well as BBC relied on the responsibility frame in its coverage related Kashmir. The study investigates the sources of the stories where AL JAZEERA cited government leader and official statements; CNN added journalists’ views whereas BBC heavily relied on their correspondents’ version. However, the investigation provides the insight into the worldwide media coverage of the issue and their view

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