Understanding international agenda using media analytics: The case of disaster news coverage in Indonesia

Global Data on Event Location and Tone (GDELT) database on global events allowed the platform to be a source for big data analysis that potentially signifies our understanding on the extent of event reports. On 28 September 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude of M7.4 shook Palu and Donggala. Variou...

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Main Author: Adiwan Aritenang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2022.2108200
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description Global Data on Event Location and Tone (GDELT) database on global events allowed the platform to be a source for big data analysis that potentially signifies our understanding on the extent of event reports. On 28 September 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude of M7.4 shook Palu and Donggala. Various countries broadcast the disaster, including economic partner countries such as the U.S., Australia, and Japan. This paper questions determinant of the inter-news coverage on the earthquake and tsunami in Palu and Donggala between foreign and domestic media. The paper found that the dynamic of news broadcasts on disaster varied between countries and that the coverage fluctuated in all countries. The paper presents newsworthiness of disaster events depends on contextual, political and spatial proximity between countries. This paper’s findings point to the remaining challenge to understand disaster impacts on the community, despite new data and methodology are employed.
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spelling doaj.art-391e246b85fa46f69f058321fb43a1592022-12-22T02:34:07ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832022-12-019110.1080/23311983.2022.2108200Understanding international agenda using media analytics: The case of disaster news coverage in IndonesiaAdiwan Aritenang0School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development (SAPPD), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung, IndonesiaGlobal Data on Event Location and Tone (GDELT) database on global events allowed the platform to be a source for big data analysis that potentially signifies our understanding on the extent of event reports. On 28 September 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude of M7.4 shook Palu and Donggala. Various countries broadcast the disaster, including economic partner countries such as the U.S., Australia, and Japan. This paper questions determinant of the inter-news coverage on the earthquake and tsunami in Palu and Donggala between foreign and domestic media. The paper found that the dynamic of news broadcasts on disaster varied between countries and that the coverage fluctuated in all countries. The paper presents newsworthiness of disaster events depends on contextual, political and spatial proximity between countries. This paper’s findings point to the remaining challenge to understand disaster impacts on the community, despite new data and methodology are employed.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2022.2108200Media analyticsGDELTdisaster newsearthquakeIndonesia
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Understanding international agenda using media analytics: The case of disaster news coverage in Indonesia
Cogent Arts & Humanities
Media analytics
GDELT
disaster news
earthquake
Indonesia
title Understanding international agenda using media analytics: The case of disaster news coverage in Indonesia
title_full Understanding international agenda using media analytics: The case of disaster news coverage in Indonesia
title_fullStr Understanding international agenda using media analytics: The case of disaster news coverage in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Understanding international agenda using media analytics: The case of disaster news coverage in Indonesia
title_short Understanding international agenda using media analytics: The case of disaster news coverage in Indonesia
title_sort understanding international agenda using media analytics the case of disaster news coverage in indonesia
topic Media analytics
GDELT
disaster news
earthquake
Indonesia
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2022.2108200
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