Content Analysis Of News Reports Research Articles

“Diplomacy of Heads of State”: Chinese Media about Xi Jinping’s Visit to Russia in March 2023

The visit of the President of the People’s Republic of China to the Russian Federation attracted a lot of attention from the Chinese media, which was manifested in a large number of publications on this topic in the media and social networks. The purpose of the study was to analyze news reports and messages on the Weibo social network about the state visit of the President of the People’s Republic of China to the Russian Federation and determine its role in strengthening bilateral relations between China and Russia. For the first time, the main principles of China’s foreign diplomacy, implemented in a particular state visit, were considered by the example of how they were perceived by public opinion. A content analysis of news reports from mainstream Chinese media showed that this diplomatic move is highly appreciated. The authors of the publications noted the high significance and effectiveness of this visit. A statistical analysis of publications on the Weibo social network showed that public opinion also generally assesses Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia positively, paying attention to the content side of Russian-Chinese relations. In general, strengthening and deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Russia in the new era is a strategic choice made by countries based on the domestic political and domestic economic situation, which is in line with the fundamental interests of the peoples of the two countries and the development trend of international relations. The results of the study showed that China has always pursued an independent foreign policy, and promoting the development of Russian-Chinese relations at a high level is a strategic choice made by China, taking into account its internal development and overall diplomatic strategy.

Analysis of Newspaper Reporting of Non-fatal Suicide Attempts During the Covid-19 Lockdown in Pakistan.

Background: This study was aimed to observe newspaper reports about non-fatal suicide attempts in Pakistan during the COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: We performed content analysis of news reports about incomplete suicides from four vernacular newspapers of Pakistan between March and August 2020. Results: A total of 87 news reports about suicide attempts were examined; the vast majority of the suicide attempters was Muslims (78%), males (64%), females (36%) with (33%) mentions of age, ranging from 19-30years, and married were (76%). However, occupation was largely missing from (93%) of the news. Self-poisoning was the commonly reported method in (65%) of suicide attempts, whereas familial discord was the leading risk factor for (72%) of suicide attempts. Conclusions: Although psychological intervention is crucial to reduce familial discords as risk factors, monitoring the mental health conditions of people vulnerable to suicide and the figures on attempted suicides should be maintained and collected nationally and regionally.

РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЯ ОБРАЗА МИГРАНТА В СМИ РОСТОВСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ: ИНТЕГРАЦИОННЫЙ ПОТЕНЦИАЛ

Objective of the study is to diagnose the basic components of the image of a migrant formed in the mass media, as well as to determine the de­pendence of the tonality of news reports about migrants on events taking place in society. The methodological basis of the research. The research paper uses the theory of social identity of the Polish sociologist Henri Taschfel. Special attention in the study is also paid to the analysis of the integrated threat theory proposed by Wal­ter G. Stefan and Cookie White Stefan. The pa­per uses a comparative approach through which the private problems of the CIS countries were analyzed, which were the motives, causes and catalysts of migration to Russia. The research method is content analysis of news reports about events related to migrants and migration policy posted on the websites of the main information portals of the Rostov region. Research results. Conclusions are drawn about the determinism of migration based on a specific historical and political event - the collapse of the USSR. Based on a broad theoretical block and comparative analysis, attention was focused on the Russian case, within which own trends and characteristics of the representation of the migrant image were highlighted. This scientific study combines a sociological, demographic and legal approach in considering the problem of the representation of the migrant image in the media of the Rostov region. The presented social facts are considered in isolation from the legal system of the Russian Federation, taking into account demographic characteristics and trends. Based on the available data, the dynamics of the number of mentions of migration, labor migration, and low-skilled labor is recorded. The main characteristics of migrants as objects of positive and negative news reports are highlighted, as well as the main characteristics of their behavior presented in the content of the main electronic information resources of the Rostov region.   Prospects of the study. The applied results of the work (the results of content analysis) can be used in the development of recommendations and preventive measures to prevent and prevent negative consequences when constructing the image of a migrant in the media. This will contribute to the localization of the processes of social distancing and disintegrating socio­cultural risks in relation to migrants and the host community. &nbsp

Progressive or problematic? A comparative analysis of media depictions of demands to defund the police

PurposeThe current study examines the media's depiction of demands to defund the police. Although this call to action has been a part of the public discourse for decades, the call has reached mainstream attention following the police-involved death of George Floyd in May 2020. Black Lives Matter, the American Civil Liberties Union, Color of Change, and other prominent organizations have endorsed this call. However, there is a lack of agreement on the “correct” meaning of this socio-political movement.Design/methodology/approachThe authors performed an inductive content analysis of the news articles using MaxQDA, a qualitative data analysis program. The authors focus on the text and its themes and patterns in the descriptions of #DefundThePolice, both implicit (e.g. tone) and explicit (e.g. defining the movement as problematic). The codes were further refined following open coding to fully develop the existing patterns. The results are organized by the themes within the articles. The findings also include direct quotes to reinforce the themes.FindingsIn the authors' content analysis of news reports, the authors find that the US and UK news outlets report definitions that parallel the M4BL's description of the movement. In this respect, media coverage reflected the basic tenets of the movement accurately as opposed to using definitions that misrepresent the group's primary objective. Although these sampled news articles generally adhered to the basic description of the defund movement, the authors found that the overall substance and tone of coverage varied across outlets. This divergence yielded five overarching themes that included: the involvement of corporate America in the defunding debate, the frequent use of opinion pieces, mentions of history for informing the debate, the inclusion of the police perspective, and reporting that seemed to tie the defund movement to increases in violent crime.Originality/valueThis article explores how the mass media reports and defines the #DefundThePolice movement. Although much debate surrounds this issue, there is limited understanding of the mainstream news media's depiction of the movement. The current study addresses this research gap and informs the defunding debate by examining whether media descriptions of the movement coincide with the Movement for Black Lives benchmark delineation.

From SARS through Zika and up to Covid-19: destination recovery marketing campaigns in response to pandemics

ABSTRACT The Covid-19 pandemic has altered the paradigm of risk and recovery management but it is just one of many pandemics to have impacted destinations during the last two decades. This study examines how destination officials combated the image crises that followed SARS-2003, H1N1 Swine flu 2009–2010, Zika 2016–2017 and Covid-19 2020. The literature dealing with combating pandemics has focused on the actual management of either a specific pandemic or regional aspects of a pandemic and less on the recovery marketing and image repair aspect. As a result, tourism academic literature has a shortage of image repair theoretical frameworks addressing multi-case health-related crises. In this study, we use qualitative content analysis of news reports, websites and recovery campaigns taken from media outlets, tourism news websites, Google search engine and YouTube, over the past two decades. This paper posits a new theoretical framework: six-phase image repair strategies during pandemics.

Образ медицины и медиков в российской телевизионной медиаповестке в период 2019–2021 гг.

In this article, we analyze the image of healthcare and health professionals in the Russian television media agenda before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and determine the frequency and content of health-related news reports on federal and regional evening newscasts for 2019–2021 (by the example of two news programs—Vremya, Channel One, and Vesti. Don, channel Russia-1). Content analysis of news reports was conducted by the Southern Federal University research team (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) in the course of the RFBR-supported research project on social well-being of the medical community in a complex epidemiological situation. Altogether, we have analyzed 1096 evening Vremya newscasts and 784 Vesti. Don newscasts. The sample set included 244 Vremya news items (about 19% of the total number), and 152 Vesti. Don news items (about 17%, respectively). The sampling was random mechanical (with a certain preset interval). The coded categories and units of analysis were registered as cards, one card per each news item. As the categories for analysis, we have selected topic, genre, nature, locality, length, central figure in a news piece, and presence of a challenge or a problem situation. Unit of count—news piece. On both federal and regional television in general, there was a significant increase in the number of news stories on healthcare from 2019 to 2021. In 2020 and 2021, the thematic angle has changed radically towards the news on the pandemic of a 2019 coronavirus disease and vaccination against it. It should be noted that the main heroes of health-related news reports were and still are neither doctors, nor patients, but representatives of the authorities and Rospotrebnadzor; the share of reports about ordinary doctors was decreasing; with the launch of COVID-19 vaccination, the number of news items featuring mid-level health professionals went up; on the other hand, as COVID-19 was spreading, scientists and inventors appeared in health-related news less frequently, especially in regional news; the pandemic has significantly shifted the focus from child patients to adults, and especially to the elderly.

Factors associated with students’ suicides in Bangladesh: One year-round content analysis of news reports

Factors associated with students’ suicides in Bangladesh: One year-round content analysis of news reports

Recovery strategies and marketing campaigns for global destinations in response to the Covid-19 tourism crisis

ABSTRACT The study analyzes which image repair strategies were adopted by officials and marketers around the world to combat the Covid-19 tourism image crisis. We used qualitative content analysis of news reports, videos/ads, social media posts, and recovery campaigns taken from international and tourism news outlets, websites, and YouTube. As a result, we would like to offer a new theoretical framework that divides the image repair strategies into the three phases of a pandemic tourism crisis: pre-lockdown, lockdown and post-lockdown/recovery. The new theoretical framework might be helpful for studies analyzing destinations’ image repair efforts while combating pandemics, as well for practitioners.

Media and conflict reporting: a content analysis and victims assessment of media coverage of the conflict between Farmers and Herdsmen in Nigeria

There is an increase in violent clashes between Herdsmen and Farmers in Nigeria. Along with it, there is a growing amount of research that specifically investigates the conflict. Existing research on this topic mostly employed content analysis to understand media coverage of the conflict and often ignored the conflict victims’ perceptions of media performance regarding coverage of the conflict. This study extends previous studies by examining both media reporting and conflict victims’ viewpoints on the coverages. We used a mixed method approach, which combined a quantitative content analysis of news reports and semi-structured interviews with the conflict victims. Our results suggested that both analyses revealed consistent findings. Three key findings were obtained: low prominence, lack of objectivity, and excessive use of negative language/framing of the conflict. Theoretical implications suggested support for the assumption of Agenda Setting Theory in discussing the influence of the media on news prominence and news sources used and Social Responsibility Theory in explaining the journalists’ lack of objectivity and excessive use of negative framing when reporting the conflict. The managerial implication includes our recommendation for conflict reporting in Nigeria to embrace peace journalism.

From 9/11 through Katrina to Covid-19: crisis recovery campaigns for American destinations

ABSTRACT Since 2001, growing numbers of American destinations have been combating crises such as terrorist attacks, floods, pandemics, volcanic eruptions, mass shootings, hurricanes, coastal pollution and wildfires. Due to the relative quick recoveries of American cities and states, we believe their experience in handling destination image during and following tourism crises can offer helpful insights for practitioners and academics. The manuscript’s goal is to analyse how American officials and marketers have tried to repair their place’s image. Using qualitative content analysis of news reports, websites and recovery campaigns, along with the ‘multi-step model for altering place image’, this study examines strategies used by American destinations during 2001–2020 to restore tourism. To date, only several studies have been written about the subject, and those were primarily analyses of specific case studies. Therefore, a multi-case study is needed in order to formulate broad insights regarding the recovery strategies of American destinations. The findings reveal the use of three kinds of image repair strategies: source, message and audience. In addition to these strategies, the study found a number of factors that influence the image recovery efforts; they are resource allocation, cooperation, involvement of various players, quick response time and holistic crisis management policy.

Local Media Framing of Scrap Metal Collection as Crime

The presence of discarded metals in the back alleys of cities is a ubiquitous feature of contemporary urban life. To many, this metal is waste to be forgotten. To some, it is the basis of scrounging to survive. Based on a qualitative content analysis of news reports, we reflect on media framing of scrap metal collection in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Our analysis reveals that news media adopt a crime frame to depict metal collecting that emphasizes dangerousness and destruction of culture and history, while individualizing the actions of collectors and ignoring questions of urban poverty, racism and other contextual factors linked to crime. We contrast media representations with data from interviews with local scrappers and observations of the scrap metal industry in Winnipeg to illustrate what is absent in this media framing. We also reflect on the conundrums apparent with proposed metal crime regulations.

Global network coopetition, firm innovation and value creation

PurposeStudies on inter-firm relationships have recently shifted their attention from dyadic networks to more globally driven network structures. This condition occurs because embeddedness in global network structures may improve firm innovation and performance. In addition, the improvement of firm innovativeness and performance seems higher when globally networked firms both compete and cooperate between and among them. In this paper, we categorize the simultaneous interplay of cooperation and competition in the global arena as global network coopetition (GNC). Under GNC, multinational enterprises act jointly with their global partners-rivals to improve performance, at the same time by sharing complementary resources (cooperation side) and by undertaking independent actions to enhance their own performance (competition side). This paper aims to expand existing research on network and global coopetition by shedding light on the effects of coopetition between and among firms belonging to global network structures on value capture and innovation performance.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 100 firms belonging to 14 industries organized in 47 global networks of different sizes, the authors conducted a longitudinal empirical study over the period 2000-2014 covering 1,098 observations, 1,717 interfirm relationships and 78 inter-networks linkages. A multiple regression model on panel data with random effects was conducted on the sample of 1,098 observations related to the global automotive industry to test the research hypotheses.FindingsFindings show that GNC enhances firm performance and innovation outcomes. In addition to GNC, structural characteristics such as network size, network position and network diversity have significant positive or negative effects on innovation and performance outcomes of firms belonging to these global network structures.Research limitations/implicationsOur research offers a contribution to the literature dealing with global networked structures’ effects on firm innovation performance. In fact, it effectively complements prior work on outcomes of coopetition between firms embedded in complex network structures. It also advances research in the area by introducing the notion of GNC as a network by which firms can enhance their innovation performance and, therefore, their global innovation performance. This study has some limitations. First, we acknowledge that it is focused only on 14 global coopetitive networks. It could be promising to extend the scope to integrate other networks. Second, our measures of firm actions as based on a content analysis of news reports related to firms. It would be important to complement this data collection by conducting a qualitative analysis (interviews). Atlast, it could be promising to include the study of customer needs in the new product development process.Practical implicationsOur study also offers some insights into the management of coopetition. In fact, by taking into account the existence of a context in which global coopetition networks play a role, managers may be better positioned to effectively deal with the paradox of being a partner of their direct rivals to improve their firms’ innovativeness and, consequently, achieve good performance, on the one hand, and to maintain relationships within several networks by taking into account their structural properties such as centrality and diversity, on the other hand.Originality/valueWe contribute to extant network coopetition literature in two ways. First, we introduce the notion of GNC to detect coopetition occurrence in global network structures. GNC refers to a context where actors in various networks belonging to different industries and geographies cooperate in a one (or more) innovative project/s, while simultaneously keeping on competing within and between their networks. Second, we contribute to network coopetition by analyzing specific GNC effects on firm innovation performance. In so doing, we can provide a deeper analytical understanding of GNC performance effects on firms operating in global network contexts.

Content Analysis of News Reports Related to Schizophrenia

Content Analysis of News Reports Related to Schizophrenia

Adopted children who kill their adoptive parents.

The killing of parents, frequently referred to as parricide, is a disturbing phenomenon that often generates widespread media coverage. Most of the scholarly literature on this topic has focused on biological offspring who kill mothers and fathers. Some analyses have examined juveniles and adults who kill their stepparents. To date, virtually no research exists on children who kill their adoptive parents because this type of victim-offender relationship has been absent from available homicide databases, thereby preventing such analyses. The present study is a content analysis of news reports of 46 cases of adopted children who killed their adoptive parents in several different countries. Data pertaining to offender and victim demographics, incident characteristics, and the processing of offenders from the initial charge through conviction and sentencing are examined. To the extent possible, media accounts are used to classify cases according to motives or circumstances leading to the killings. The article concludes with a comparison of profiles of children who kill adoptive parents in relation to those who kill biological parents, important observations that emerged from these news accounts, and discussion of possible explanations of parricide by adopted children, including adopted children syndrome, reactive attachment disorder, and biological risk factors. Limitations of this study and directions for future research are addressed.

The use of experts in journalistic accounts of media events: A comparative study of the 2005 London Bombings in British, American, and Russian newspapers

Drawing on previous research about journalistic news sources, this study explores the use of experts and other sources in coverage of the London suicide bombings (7 July 2005) in British, American, and Russian newspapers. Using content analysis of news reports of these attacks, it assesses the differential usage of information sources across newspapers published in countries with different media systems. The comparative analyses indicate that the use of government officials, non-government experts, and other journalistic sources in this context varies both between and within nations’ media systems. However, despite their media systems-related differences, ideological orientation, and source utilization, the cross-national newspaper coverage of the London bombings often reflected similar themes and a common dialogue that affirmed each nation’s shared mourning and condemnation of the bombings.

Media Framing of Bilateral Security Agreement between Afghanistan and USA

Security in the region is one of the most important matters in international studies because it had many ups and downs during last decades. Although International Society leading U.S. sent troops to Afghanistan in order to fight against international terrorism, but still security challenges are remained the same. However, currently there is more consideration on roots of terrorism in Pakistan, but they are going to withdraw troops from Afghanistan after 2014. Some countries were pessimistic on presence of U.S. because they think U.S. has interests in Asia, controlling China, Russia and Iran. But others are worrying about future of region; especially that extremism is being expanded to the east part of China, Central Asia, and even to the south borders of Russia. Strategic agreement between Afghanistan and U.S. may have both negative and positive effects and impacts on security in the region. This research paper investigates Afghan media towards bilateral security agreement between Afghanistan and USA and its impact on regional peace and security. For this purpose, it examines the type of coverage's about security agreement get in newspapers. Content analysis of news reports from years 2014 to 2017 has done in order to know the framing of security agreement. Results reveal that media has been releasing favorable, natural and unfavorable coverage on security agreement.

Peace journalism on a shoestring? Conflict reporting in Nigeria’s national news media

Conflicts that occur across ethnic and/or religious identity lines generally have underlying root causes such as economic marginalization and political competition. Yet when these causes are ignored by politicians and the media, and conversely differences in ethnicity and religion are simply propagated as the main conflict causes, this may have serious consequences for people’s perceptions concerning the possibility and feasibility of peaceful conflict resolution and coexistence. In this paper, we investigate to what extent Nigerian newspapers practice peace journalism by emphasizing underlying causes of conflict in their reporting rather than stressing ethnic and religious divisions. We make use of a sequential mixed methods approach, which combines a quantitative content analysis of news reports with semi-structured interviews with Nigerian newspaper editors and journalists. Our results indicate that Nigerian newspapers do not explicitly use divisive language when discussing conflicts, but they rarely stress underlying structural causes either. While there is a willingness among Nigerian journalists to avoid potentially escalatory language, a dearth of resources and capacities impedes independent and in-depth analysis concerning the underlying drivers of conflicts.

An expected event, but unprecedented damage

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the large-scale flood response coordination across sectors and jurisdictions, investigating the characteristics and gaps of the 2011 Thailand flood response operations.Design/methodology/approachThe large-scale flood response coordination was measured as an inter-organizational network. An extensive content analysis of news reports was conducted to identify the participating organizations and relationships among them that emerged during the initial flood response operations. Social network analysis was used to examine the patterns and gaps of coordination among the organizations.FindingsThe research identified three major gaps that might weaken the response coordination. First, the coordination structure was highly fragmented with many isolated actors. Second, the benefit of inter-sector relationships was not well leveraged in the system due to weak reciprocal relationships across sectors. Third, provincial level organizations did not serve as a strong liaison between local actors (cities) and national actors.Practical implicationsBased on the findings, the research offers suggestions to improve the performance of response coordination in recurring flood disasters.Originality/valueThis study is distinctive in its examination of structural characteristics of large-scale, inter-sector and multi-jurisdictional flood response coordination in Thailand. Previous studies have explored how citizens were organized and responded to flood disasters at the local level, and measured indicators or causes of response resilience at the provincial level system. Yet, studies examining the patterns of coordination structure among response organizations across all affected-jurisdictional authorities and sectors have been lacking.

Organizational Learning In Adapting To Dynamic Disaster Environments In Southern Turkey

Using a theoretical framework based on complex adaptive systems and organizational learning, the study compares and contrasts the network structures of two disaster response systems following the 2006 avian influenza crisis and the 2011 Van earthquake in Turkey. This study emphasizes the reorganization of Turkish disaster response in 2009 and its impact in response to 2011 Van earthquake. The research utilizes data from content analysis of news reports from the Turkish daily newspapers Cumhuriyet and Sabah from 28 December 2005 to 17 January 2006 for the avian influenza, and Hurriyet from 23 October 2011 to 8 November 2011 for the 2011 Van earthquake, respectively. The research has used social network analysis and small world ratio based on the content analysis data to compare and evaluate the network structures of the two response systems. Findings indicate that the Turkish disaster system, to some degree, learned from the previous disaster and was therefore better managed. However, the system still remained very centralized and multi-sectoral involvement is still weak.

Destination marketing and image repair during tourism crises: The case of Egypt

Abstract Egypt – a “must see” destination for generations of visitors - is considered to be one of the strongest tourism brands in the Middle East and tourism remains its dominant industry, accounting for 20% of its annual GDP. Over the past decades the country has suffered many crises such as wars, terrorist attacks, internal political tensions and violent changes in government. As can be expected, all of these were reported in the international media and had a negative effect on the flow of tourism into the country. By adopting the “multi-step model for altering place image,” this study includes qualitative content analysis of news reports, press interviews and relevant elements of advertising campaigns in order to uncover media policy, strategies, events and marketing initiatives used by Egyptian marketers and officials in order to restore a positive image of their country and bring back tourists after crises. The analysis shows that three types of strategies were used by Egyptian marketers to repair the country's image: source, message and audience; and a variety of other steps were also adopted.