Negativity in political news: A review of concepts, operationalizations and key findings

被引：179

作者：

Lengauer, Guenther ^{[1
]}

Esser, Frank

Berganza, Rosa ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

[2] Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Fac Commun, Madrid, Spain

来源：

JOURNALISM | 2012年 / 13卷 / 02期

基金：

奥地利科学基金会;

关键词：

conflict; content analysis; media coverage; media framing; negativity; MEDIA COVERAGE; CAMPAIGN; CYNICISM; ELECTIONS; AGENDA; PRESS; BIAS; GLOBALIZATION; COMMUNICATION; ORIGINS;

D O I：

10.1177/1464884911427800

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

The concept of negativity in political news has not reached the status of a homogenous, overarching theoretical concept. This article proposes conceptual understandings, categorizations and practical operationalizations of negativity in the news that reflect the consensus of existing work paying special attention to recent European research. This work aims to systematize existing concepts and categories in order to increase comparability and cumulativity of empirical evidence. To structure and standardize dimensions of negativity in the news we differentiate firstly between negativity and confrontation, secondly between frame-related negativity and individual actor-related negativity, and thirdly between non-directional and directional dimensions of negativity. This article provides a common set of indicators and matrice-based classifications of negativity (and its antithesis) in the news to measure and categorize its intensity and multi-dimensionality.

引用

页码：179 / 202

页数：24

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