A Content Analysis of Foreign Correspondent Reports from Nicaragua and El Salvador.

Autor/in	Kelly, James D.
Titel	A Content Analysis of Foreign Correspondent Reports from Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Quelle	(1985), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bias; Content Analysis; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Journalism; Media Research; News Reporting; Newspapers; El Salvador; Nicaragua + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inhaltsanalyse; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Journalistik; Journalismus; Medienforschung; News report; Reportage; Newspaper; Zeitung
Abstract	Critics of international news flow characteristics have charged that news is biased toward the interests of the developed world and against the developing world, thereby giving an unrepresentative image of their countries to the United States reader. A study was conducted to examine the output and presentation of reports by foreign correspondents in Nicaragua and El Salvador, both those working for transnational news agencies and those working for specific newspapers, in one month each of the "New York Times" and the "Los Angeles Times." A content analysis was made to determine findings on the length and number of reports, their location in the paper, the nationality of the main actor in each report and whether the report was mainly about conflict, reconciliation, or some other topic. The hypothesis was that El Salvador would be represented more favorably than Nicaragua because the government of El Salvador is supported by the U. S. government while the government of Nicaragua is not. Findings indicated the bias was subtle but nevertheless present. (Tables of findings are appended.) (Author/DF)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC