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Publications | book chapter
The Nature of Foreign News. Conceptual Considerations about Analyzing Foreign News over Time
author(s) | Ruud Wouters
book title | News in Europe, Europe on News
editor(s) | Agnieszka Stepinska
publication year | 2009 pag | 43-62
publisher | Logos Verlag, Berlin
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keywords | foreign news, operationalization, methods, typololgy, longitudinal data
abstract | This chapter started with two goals. First, we wanted to substantiate on the problematic succession of snapshot studies that more often than not serves as a base for the argumentation of a shrinking foreign newshole. Second, and closely related, we tried whether it was possible to get round this problematic juxtaposition, by interpolating trends from different longitudinal American studies. The juxtaposition of snapshot studies as evidence for a shrinking newshole was found problematic for three reasons, that is: (1) the different conceptualizations of foreign news; (2) the employment of a mix of metrics; (3) and the event-driven nature of news. Concluding, we believe that developing an up to date typology and operationalization of foreign news in the era of globalization should be one of the core issues in the field of foreign news. Only if the standards and directions discussed in this chapter are met, the field of foreign news can confidentially enter the age of globalization and continue to produce interesting and noteworthy results.
more info | ruud.wouters@ua.ac.be