Towards a `Foxification' of 24-hour news channels in Britain

An analysis of market-driven and publicly funded news coverage

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7477663
AutoresStephen Cushion (0000-0001-7164-8283, Cardiff University, autor correspondente), Justin Lewis (0000-0003-2144-7971, Cardiff University)
Ano2009
Volume10
Fascículo2
Páginas131-153
Data de publicação2009-03-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884908100598
OpenAlexW2143713148
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas16

Drawing on three media content analyses between 2004 and 2007, we examine the differences in news coverage between BBC News 24 (a public service broadcasting channel) and Sky News (a commercial provider). We explore this longitudinal data in the context of recent claims that 24-hour news channels in the UK are succumbing to the kind of decline in news standards exemplified by the Fox network in the USA. While there are some signs of `Foxifixation', the existing public service regulations in UK broadcasting and the presence of a full-blown public service broadcaster like the BBC act as a break on `Foxification' in commercial providers like Sky. Although Fox and Sky are both Murdoch channels, Sky conforms to some of the expectations of public service broadcasting in a way that Fox does not

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