News coverage and attitudes on immigration: Public and commercial television news compared
News coverage and attitudes on immigration: Public and commercial television news compared
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DOI：
10.1177/0267323116669456
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
d'Haenens, Leen
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作者：
Jacobs, Laura;Meeusen, Cecil;d'Haenens, Leen
公共新闻和商业新闻遵循不同的逻辑。我们评估电视新闻报道中移民问题的这种双重性。首先，通过对佛兰德斯电视新闻（N = 1630）进行大规模内容分析，我们调查了两家广播公司对移民的报道是否存在差异。结果表明，尽管广播公司之间总体上存在负面偏见和相对同质性，但商业新闻比公共新闻包含更多的耸人听闻和小报特征。后者促进了对移民更加平衡的看法。这些差异随着时间的推移是稳定的。其次，利用横截面数据和面板数据，我们评估对公共新闻和商业新闻的偏好是否与反移民态度的态度差距有关。调查结果表明，喜欢商业新闻的人对移民更为负面。我们认为新闻内容的差异可以解释这种态度差距。鉴于整个欧洲围绕公共服务媒体提供的“公共价值”的争论，我们初步得出结论，公共广播公司有潜力通过优先考虑规范观点而不是市场逻辑来促进宽容并提供平衡的信息。新闻报道与商业和公共新闻观众之间态度差异之间的联系值得未来更密切的调查。
Public and commercial news follow distinct logics. We evaluate this duality in television news coverage on immigration. First, by means of a large-scale content analysis of Flemish television news (N = 1630), we investigate whether immigration coverage diverges between both broadcasters. Results show that, despite an overall negativity bias and relative homogeneity between the broadcasters, commercial news contains slightly more sensational and tabloid characteristics than public news. The latter promotes a more balanced view of immigration. These differences are stable over time. Second, using cross-sectional and panel data, we assess whether a preference for public versus commercial news is associated with an attitudinal gap in anti-immigrant attitudes. Findings demonstrate that individuals who prefer commercial news are more negative towards immigrants. We suggest that differences in news content may explain this attitudinal gap. In light of the debate around 'public value' offered by public service media across Europe, we tentatively conclude that public broadcasters have the potential to foster tolerance and provide balanced information by prioritizing a normative view over a market logic. The linkage between news coverage and the gap in attitudes between commercial and public news viewers warrants closer investigation in the future.