The World at War

Three and a Half Decades of New York Times Conflict Coverage

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12904651
AutoresMeghan R Sobel (Regis University, autor correspondente), Seoyeon Kim (0009-0001-2599-2582), Daniel Riffe (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Ano2019
Volume13
Fascículo2
Páginas170-187
Data de publicação2019-02-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedia War & Conflict (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1750-6352 • E-ISSN: 1750-6360
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1750635219828763
OpenAlexW2917239011
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas26

This quantitative content analysis uses 36 years of New York Times international news to understand how conflict coverage is presented to audiences in terms of quantity and geographic focus, whether conflict is covered because of its linkage to US interests, and whether the Times relies on its own personnel for first-hand coverage. Additionally, a contemporary history approach gauges how representative coverage is of conflicts in varying regions. Quantitative data reveal an imbalance in coverage; stories about low-income nations focused more on conflict and were more likely to link events to US interests. However, the volume of coverage of these countries was minimal and arguably failed to report some of the most severe internal crises in those nations. According to social construction of reality theorists, this imbalance and distortion can lead to audience perception that more conflict occurs in low-income nations than in other, more developed parts of the world

Armed conflict · International conflict · Media coverage · Media studies · Perception · Political science · Politics · Social conflict · Sociology · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics