International Reporting in Canadian Newspapers
Results of a Survey of Daily Newspaper Editors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7495564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter C Soderlund (University of Windsor, corresponding author), Martha F Lee (0000-0001-7531-5312, University of Windsor) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 1999-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642 |
| Publisher | Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (PUBLISHER • CN) |
| DOI | 10.22230/cjc.1999v24n2a1098 |
| OpenAlex | W1870013527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 21 |
Research demonstrates that the press performs an important role in interpreting world events for the Canadian population (both the masses and the elites) and serves as an information conduit linking the government and the governed in the policy-formation process. This study examines both of these roles of the press based on data collected from a questionnaire that was mailed to the editors of Canada’s 107 daily newspapers in the spring of 1995. The data is also compared to that generated in a similar study of Canadian newspaper editors conducted in 1988. The study reveals that editors believe the mass public is much more powerful than newspapers in influencing Canadian foreign policy. Paradoxically, they rank international stories at the bottom of their hierarchies of importance, and the number of international stories published is declining. This limits both mass and elite input into the foreign policy process, and could prove to have a significant negative political impact
Elite · Foreign policy · Government (linguistics · Mass media · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Population · Public opinion · Public relations · Sociology · Demography · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
The geopolitics of information
Whole World Is Watching
Toward a Theory of Press-State Relations in the United States
Media Coverage and Public Opinion on Scientific Controversies
The News Media and International Relations
Agenda-Setting Research
Media Agenda-Setting and Public Opinion
The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Research
Keeping the Gates’ for Gatekeepers
The Issues of the Sixties
The Canadian Media, Domestic Interest Groups, and Middle East Reporting
Public Opinion and External Affairs
The Editor and External Affairs
Public Opinion and the Media in Canada from Cold War to Détente to New Cold War
The Structure of Foreign News
"The "Mood Theory
Effects of Public Opinion on Policy
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2014 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |