The Role of Journalism in Democratic Conflict Management
Narrating the New York Budget Crisis After 9/11
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12446359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Katz Jameson (0000-0001-5408-763X, North Carolina State University, corresponding author), Robert M Entman (North Carolina State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 38-59 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-180X • E-ISSN: 1531-328X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1081180x03262443 |
| OpenAlex | W2115331642 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 23 |
While media scholars and other observers have long argued that the news typically presents politics in adversarial, dualistic terms that emphasize drama and conflict, the impact of specific journalistic word choices on citizen participation in democracy has received surprisingly little attention. This article applies conflict theory in empirical analysis of newspaper coverage of the New York City budget crisis following 9/11. Metaphor and content analyses illustrate that conflict is often described as a “battle” or “game” that is played by elite decision makers. Stories emphasize political positions of a narrow range of actors rather than underlying interests of constituents. The authors argue that this coverage reinforces public beliefs that even decisions that affect them personally are out of their control and thus discourages public participation in what they call democratic conflict management: the collective processes of managing clashing interests and factions in ways compatible with representative democracy. The article concludes with a discussion of alternative journalistic practices that might encourage participation in the democratic process
Adversarial system · Battle · Conflict management · Democracy · Drama · Elite · Journalism · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public relations · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
The good citizen
Spiral of Cynicism
Metaphors We Live By
Habermas and the public sphere
Democracy and Its Critics
Race, Myth and the News
Conflict at Disneyland
Front Stage, Backstage
Strategies for Third Party Intervention
Projections of Power
An Alternative to the Fighting Frame in News Reporting
Comparing three processes underlying judgments of procedural justice
The Mass Media and American Politics
Preference for and Fairness of Intervention
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |