Rooted in Nations, Blossoming in Globalization? A Cultural Perspective on the Content of a “Northern” Mainstream and a “Southern” Alternative News Agency

Bibliographic Data

ID7494271
AuthorsJennifer Rauch (0000-0002-8120-9783, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume27
Issue1
Pages87-103
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Communication Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0196-8599 • E-ISSN: 1552-4612
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0196859902238642
OpenAlexW1996859009
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited15

This study compares news coverage produced by the mainstream Associated Press (AP) and the alternative Inter Press Service (IPS), an organization that highlights development issues and seeks balanced geographic representation in journalism. A cultural analysis of the two agencies’content provides a concrete example of how AP and IPS articles represent the South differently at the level where audiences actually experience news: the text. The qualitative analysis finds that in reporting on the Group of 77 Summit that convened in Cuba in 2000, IPS discourse emphasizes Southern nations’ cooperation, achievement, and goals, while the AP frames the event in terms of their disunity, neglect, and controversy. It concludes that the dominant agency filters news through U.S. hegemonic interests and assumptions, underscoring the need for more diverse sources of information in order for the public to adequately assess world events

Agency (philosophy · Content analysis · Covert · Geography · Globalization · Hegemony · Journalism · Mainstream · Media studies · News media · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Summit · Law · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Media Studies and Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies

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