Constructive journalism. Empirical analyses of the potential effects of a new form of journalism

建设性的新闻报道。

• 批准号: 512131520
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Marcus Maurer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Publizistik
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/512131520?language=en
• 关键词: Constructive; journalism.; Empirical; analyses; potential

Political media coverage focuses on problems and conflicts and is therefore strongly negative in tone. The consequences of this problem-focused reporting for the public range from negative emotions such as fear and anger to negative and polarized judgments about politics and a reluctance to participate in solving social problems. As an alternative to established, problem-focused journalism, constructive journalism has therefore been discussed for several years, which aims to discuss not only political and social problems but also successes and possible solutions to social problems and in this way should not only promote social engagement, but at the same time promote trust in journalism. However, if one looks at the previous research on constructive journalism, it becomes clear that 1) there is no systematically developed definition of constructive journalism, 2) the possible effects of constructive journalism have hardly been theoretically reflected and 3) hardly any systematic research on the effects of constructive journalism and its prerequisites and boundary conditions was carried out. Based on a working definition of constructive journalism as journalism that reports in a balanced and factual manner on socially relevant problems and ways to solve them, the aim of the project applied for here is a) to theoretically model the effects of constructive journalism on the emotions, cognitions and behavior (intents) of the recipients and b) to empirically examine these effects as well as their prerequisites (content and use of constructive journalism) and boundary conditions (characteristics of issues and recipients). This is to be done in three modules: Module A (content) uses a manual quantitative content analysis to examine how media that classify themselves as constructive journalism report on socially relevant topics and how this differs from the reporting of established news media. In Module B (potential use), an experimental survey is used to determine the size of the audience that prefers constructive journalism to problem-centric media reporting in a concrete decision-making situation and on which boundary conditions this depends. The core of the project is Module C (effects), in which the specific effects of the various dimensions of constructive journalism (balance, matter-of-factness, presenting solutions) on different issues and on people with different predispositions are to be examined with the help of a 2x2x2x2-factorial experimental design. The fourth module D (publications and transfer) serves to communicate the project results in science, journalism and society.

政治媒体的报道着重于问题和冲突，因此语调是负面的。以问题为中心的报道对公众的后果从恐惧和愤怒等负面情绪到对政治的负面和两极分化的判断，以及不愿参与解决社会问题的判断。因此，已经讨论了几年来讨论建立问题的新闻，旨在讨论不仅政治和社会问题，而且还讨论了对社会问题的成功和可能的解决方案，不仅应该促进社会参与，而且还应促进对新闻业的信任。但是，如果人们研究了对建设性新闻的先前研究，那么很明显，1）没有系统地对建设性新闻的定义，2）几乎没有在理论上反映建设性新闻的可能影响，而3）几乎没有任何系统的研究对建设性新闻及其先决条件和边界条件的影响。基于对建设性新闻作为新闻业的工作定义，以平衡和事实的方式报告与社会相关的问题以及解决方案的方式，此处适用的项目的目的是a）理论上对建设性新闻的影响对情感，认知和行为（认知意图）的影响以及对这些效果的效果（以及依从性）（以及范围的范围）（以及其范围）（以及其范围）（以及对范围的范围）（内容）（内容）（内容）（以及它们的特定）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）（内容）所构成了）收件人）。这将在三个模块中完成：模块A（内容）使用手动定量内容分析来研究如何将自己归类为具有社会相关主题的建设性新闻报告，以及这与已建立新闻媒体的报告有何不同。在模块B（潜在用途）中，使用实验调查来确定在具体决策情况下更喜欢建设性新闻而不是以问题为中心的媒体报道的受众规模，以及在哪种边界条件上取决于。该项目的核心是模块C（效应），其中建设性新闻业的各个方面（平衡，事实，呈现解决方案）对不同问题的特定影响以及对具有不同易感性的人进行的，应借助2x2x2x2x2x2-factorial实验设计。第四个模块D（出版物和转移）用来传达项目，从而在科学，新闻和社会中传达。