El Salvador and Nicaragua in Four Elite U.S. Newspapers: Multiple Images and the Journalist's Reporting Perspective.

Autor/in	Kelly, James D.
Titel	El Salvador and Nicaragua in Four Elite U.S. Newspapers: Multiple Images and the Journalist's Reporting Perspective.
Quelle	(1988), (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bias; Developing Nations; Editorials; Editors; Foreign Countries; Foreign Policy; Government (Administrative Body); Information Sources; International Relations; Journalism; Media Research; News Media; News Writing; Newspapers; Press Opinion; Public Opinion; El Salvador; Nicaragua; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Leitartikel; Editor; Redakteur; Herausgeber; Ausland; Außenpolitik; Government; Regierung; Information source; Informationsquelle; Internationale Beziehungen; Journalistik; Journalismus; Medienforschung; Nachrichtenwesen; Newspaper; Zeitung; Pressespiegel; Öffentliche Meinung; USA
Abstract	To provide a better understanding of the depictions of countries by the news media, it is necessary to determine whether similar portraits are presented in all types of reporting or whether there are different, or even contradictory, portrayals of foreign countries within individual newspapers considered nationally influential. A study examined the images presented of the governments of El Salvador and Nicaragua in four U.S. elite newspapers during 1983, primarily focusing on the frequency and direction of mention. Content analysis was used in an attempt to discern whether an overall image of a foreign country is a reasonable manifestation of how that country is presented in mass media, or whether such an overall measure is too broad. Results indicated considerable differences between the images presented by domestic and foreign reporters, probably due to the differences in the informational sources they consult and quote in their reports rather than any overt bias. In addition, findings suggest that there is a relationship between the policy position of the U.S. Government toward the governments of El Salvador and Nicaragua and the type of coverage those two governments receive in the elite press of the United States. (Five tables and 44 notes are appended.) (MS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC