Are newspapers' news stories becoming more alike? Media content diversity in Belgium, 1983-2013

被引：30

作者：

Beckers, Kathleen ^{[1
]}

Masini, Andrea ^{[2
]}

Sevenans, Julie ^{[3
]}

van der Burg, Miriam ^{[4
]}

De Smedt, Julie ^{[5
]}

Van den Buick, Hilde ^{[6
,7
]}

Walgrave, Stefaan ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Antwerp, Dept Commun Sci, Sint Jacobstr 2, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium

[2] Univ Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

[3] Univ Antwerp, Polit Commun, Res Grp Media Movements & Polit M2P, Dept Polit Sci, Antwerp, Belgium

[4] Univ Antwerp, Media Policy & Culture Res Grp, Dept Commun Studies, Antwerp, Belgium

[5] Univ Antwerp, Res Grp Media Movements & Polit M2P, Fac Social Sci, Antwerp, Belgium

[6] Univ Antwerp, Commun Studies, Antwerp, Belgium

[7] Univ Antwerp, Media Policy & Culture Res Grp, Antwerp, Belgium

[8] Univ Antwerp, Polit Sci, Antwerp, Belgium

来源：

JOURNALISM | 2019年 / 20卷 / 12期

关键词：

Content diversity; media ownership; news stories; newspapers; small media markets; TELEVISION-NEWS; HOMOGENIZATION; CONVERGENCE; COMPETITION; CONFORMITY; PATTERNS; AGENDA; FUTURE; CRISIS; PRINT;

D O I：

10.1177/1464884917706860

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

In recent years, communication scholars have expressed concerns about the diversity of news media content. While we live in an era of 'news abundance' - the number of outlets and channels has increased enormously - the available news is argued to have become more of the same, but has it? As empirical evidence is lacking, this article verifies whether newspapers in Flanders (Belgium), over time, have indeed become less diverse in terms of the news stories they cover. Based on data from a longitudinal content analysis of nine Flemish newspapers at four points in time (1983, 1993, 2003, and 2013), it shows that (1) newspapers, in general, have not become more alike in terms of news stories; (2) newspapers with a similar profile (elite/popular) are less diverse than newspapers with dissimilar profiles; and (3) newspapers owned by the same media group (concentration of media ownership) are more alike than independently owned newspapers.

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页码：1665 / 1683

页数：19