Title
The news media and their state: Testing concertation in news media and their messages in a comparative analysis of 36 democracies
Date of Award
12-2006
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Mass Communications
Advisor(s)
Sung-Un Yang
Second Advisor
Pamela J. Shoemaker
Keywords
News media, Messages, Democracies, Media orientation, Iraq War
Subject Categories
International and Intercultural Communication | Journalism Studies | Mass Communication | Social Influence and Political Communication
Abstract
This study compares media in democracies on a global scale. The structure of news media and the content of news coverage are analyzed in relation to the social and political structures in which they operate. Part I of this study asks if the institutional structure of a democracy influences the nature of a media system. Using primarily secondary data and Lijphart's executives-parties (consensual-majoritarian scale), this study looks at whether news organizations differ with respect to readership, press freedoms and a concept called media orientation. Part II asks whether these same factors influenced news coverage of the buildup to the Iraq war. A content analysis measures sources, frames and the overall tone of news items from 528 news items published in 22 newspapers from 11 democracies.
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Recommended Citation
Hatcher, John Albert, "The news media and their state: Testing concertation in news media and their messages in a comparative analysis of 36 democracies" (2006). Mass Communications - Dissertations. 22.
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