Competitive pressure and arousing television news : a cross-cultural study
In many scholarly writings about journalism, the idea can be found that competitive pressure urges journalists to make news more arousing. This hypothesis was tested in two cultural settings: the Western European culture and the Chinese-dominated culture. A total of 3028 TV news stories from seven d...
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| author | Lin, Trisha T. C. Vettehen, Paul Hendriks Zhou, Shuhua Kleemans, Mariska D'Haenens, Leen |
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| description | In many scholarly writings about journalism, the idea can be found that competitive pressure urges journalists to make news more arousing. This hypothesis was tested in two cultural settings: the Western European culture and the Chinese-dominated culture. A total of 3028 TV news stories from seven different markets, or 12 different news programs, were analyzed on the presence of arousing news characteristics. High competitive pressure at the market level appeared to contribute to the prevalence of arousing news, but this effect was more pronounced in the Chinese-dominated culture than in the Western European culture. Effects of high competitive pressure at the station level were only observed in the Western European culture. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/960002020-03-07T12:15:51Z Competitive pressure and arousing television news : a cross-cultural study Lin, Trisha T. C. Vettehen, Paul Hendriks Zhou, Shuhua Kleemans, Mariska D'Haenens, Leen Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information In many scholarly writings about journalism, the idea can be found that competitive pressure urges journalists to make news more arousing. This hypothesis was tested in two cultural settings: the Western European culture and the Chinese-dominated culture. A total of 3028 TV news stories from seven different markets, or 12 different news programs, were analyzed on the presence of arousing news characteristics. High competitive pressure at the market level appeared to contribute to the prevalence of arousing news, but this effect was more pronounced in the Chinese-dominated culture than in the Western European culture. Effects of high competitive pressure at the station level were only observed in the Western European culture. 2013-06-27T02:37:50Z 2019-12-06T19:24:12Z 2013-06-27T02:37:50Z 2019-12-06T19:24:12Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Vettehen, P. H., Zhou, S., Kleemans, M., D'Haenens, L., & Lin, T. T. C. (2012). Competitive pressure and arousing television news: a cross-cultural study. Asian Journal of Communication, 22(2), 179-196. 0129-2986 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96000 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10766 10.1080/01292986.2011.642394 en Asian journal of communication © 2012 AMICS/SCI-NTU. |
| spellingShingle | Lin, Trisha T. C. Vettehen, Paul Hendriks Zhou, Shuhua Kleemans, Mariska D'Haenens, Leen Competitive pressure and arousing television news : a cross-cultural study |
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