News Selection Research Articles

Strategi Media JPNN.Com dalam Upaya Menyeimbangkan Churnalism dan Jurnalisme dalam Pemberitaan

The digital era has an impact on changing new work patterns in journalism, "Churnalism" is a new journalism that occurs as a consequence of the development of digital technology in the modern era. Churnalism is the simplicity of the way to obtain journalistic news content caused by technological advances. Churnalism threatens the quality of news in the digital era. JPNN.com is a news media that was established in 2008, experiencing a transition from the print media era to digital media. This research focuses on finding out and understanding JPNN.com media strategies in balancing Churnalism and journalism. This research is a qualitative research with a descriptive analysis approach, aiming to understand the process of Churnalism practice JPNN.com and understand their strategies in an effort to balance Churnalism and journalism. The results of this study show that JPNN.com has its own strategy in balancing Churnalism and journalism, namely a combination strategy, combining the practice of Churnalism with conventional journalism practices. The implementation of the combination strategy is carried out in six stages, including: First, journalists select potential news materials from online sources. Second, journalists research news materials to ensure the validity of the news. Third, journalists confirm with the source. Fourth, journalists combine Churnalism and conventional journalism in the reporting process. Fifth, the editor maintains the Gatekeeper function through news selection. Sixth, the editorial management conducts news every day.

News Selection and Household Inflation Expectations

We examine the impact of systematic media reporting on household inflation expectations, focusing on how selective news coverage influences household responses to inflation news. In a model where monitoring all economic developments is costly, households will account for news selection when forming inflation expectations. The model implies an asymmetry: news about high inflation influences inflation expectations more than news about low inflation. Using micro panel data, we find support for this hypothesis. Exposure to news about higher prices increases household inflation expectations by approximately 0.4 percentage point, whereas exposure to news about lower prices has no discernible effect.

TRENDS OF TV NEWS COVERAGE IN BANGLADESH

The media booming especially the rise of satellite television channels is a significant phenomenon in the landscape of Bangladesh media which was initiated after the fall of autocratic regime in 1990. At present, twenty four satellite TV channels are in operation under the corporate ownership. These satellite channels are presenting hour-round news and views on different events and affairs. The state-owned BTV was the sole medium to cover and disseminate news, information and entertainment to the country-wide audience till 1999. Within a period of one and a half decade, ‘the media boom’ that Bangladesh is experiencing is not noticed in many other countries of the South-Asian region. In spite of this significant change in terms of quantity and ownership pattern, there still lacks a comprehensive broadcast policy to guide day-to-day operations of the channels. The article, in this backdrop, presents trend of the ever-growing satellite channels in covering news. The article also explores interests of the TV channels in terms of news selection, treatment and presentation

Artificial intelligence and the dawn of an algorithmic divide

Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms reshape news curation and consumption. Against this background, previous research has been focused on divides between groups regarding access to such digital technologies. Disparities in awareness and knowledge of AI across socio-demographic groups seem to persist, potentially leading to an algorithmic divide. Despite this situation, there is still limited research into such an emerging inequality. Building on the framework of algorithmic literacy, this study aims to contribute to this gap with findings from a national representative study in Germany (N = 1,090) in January 2022, considering socio-demographic factors such as age, gender, and education. Findings shed important light on the extent to which news audiences are knowledgeable about the use of AI and algorithms in news selection and recommendation, as well as in society. The results of our analysis imply that newsrooms should increase their knowledge about the potential divides created by applying AI across sectors to various socio-demographic groups and stay vigilant about the level of transparency of their AI use.

Reinforcing Influence of Ideology on News Selection and Societal Perceptions: The COVID Pandemic in Sweden

Reinforcing Influence of Ideology on News Selection and Societal Perceptions: The COVID Pandemic in Sweden

BINGKAI BERITA PENGGALANGAN BANTUAN KEMANUSIAAN UNTUK RAKYAT PALESTINA DI MEDIA ONLINE REPUBLIKA.CO.ID DAN KOMPAS.COM

The 'heating' conflict in the Gaza Strip which triggered a war between Palestine and Israeli Zionists from October 2023 until now continues to raise concern worldwide, including Indonesia. This concern was realized by sending various aid to Palestine. This humanitarian action was widely reported by various mass media, including online media republika.co.id and kompas.com. The news selection was chosen from 13 October – 4 November 2023 with certain considerations. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach with a constructivist paradigm. Researchers framed news about raising humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people on republika.co.id and kompas.com using Robert N Entman's framing analysis approach. In the period 13 October – 4 November 2023, Republika.co.id broadcast 13 news stories while Kompas.com released 10 news stories. The results of this research show that there are similarities between the two news portals, namely that they both raise the issue of raising humanitarian aid to help the Palestinian people as part of the overall media coverage. The difference is that Republika.co.id emphasizes the movement of elements of society in mobilizing humanitarian action as "central actors" while kompas.com emphasizes President Jokowi as the "central actor" in this news which is the implementation of the government's strategic communication in helping the struggle of the Palestinian people by sending various aids.

HEALTH JOURNALISM IN FLUX: UNRAVELING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Health information is widely disseminated through the media. This study explores the experiences of Pakistani journalists in covering health-related topics to understand their duties, news selection criteria, sources, and problems. This is because reliable health news reporting is crucial and because there is a national demand for professionalism in health journalism. The results show different coverage frequencies, highlighting the importance of health reporting. Obtaining trustworthy data, conflicting studies, a lack of resources, and complex communication are all problems.Journalists depend on reliable sources and specialized interviews. While finding professionals can be demanding, some have solid networks. Assessment of the quality of health reporting is primarily negative and highlights issues with its standard. Accuracy, clarity, expert insights, images, and real-world examples are essential for better reporting.According to the research, journalists are eager to get training to improve their health reporting abilities, demonstrating their commitment to meaningful journalism. It emphasizes how critical it is to support health reporters through training to improve public health communication and guarantee the spread of accurate information.To sum up, this study clarifies the nuances of health reporting among Pakistani journalists. The results highlight the necessity of addressing issues, incorporating crucial reporting elements, and offering training to advance health journalism.

Isu Keberpihakan dalam Pemilihan Presiden 2024 (Analisis Framing Berita Makan Malam Jokowi dan Prabowo di Tempo.co Edisi 5 - 7 Januari 2024)

The meeting between President Jokowi and Minister of Defense Prabowo at a dinner on January 5 2024, is suspected of Jokowi's political neutrality in the 2024 presidential election which is increasingly being questioned. This issue of partiality has been widely reported by online media, one of which is Tempo.co. The news selection was chosen on 5 - 7 January 2024 with the consideration that at that time the third presidential candidate debate would be held on 7 January 2024. So, the momentum of Jokowi and Prabowo's dinner was allegedly a form of covert support from President Jokowi for the presidential candidate Prabowo who will face the debate. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach with a constructivist paradigm. Researchers framed news about Jokowi and Prabowo's dinner on Tempo.co using Robert N Entman's framing analysis method. The results of this research show that Tempo.co framed the issue of partiality in the 2024 presidential election in the Jokowi and Prabowo dinner news by reporting balanced information. This is proven by the existence of news information that contains pro and con parties in this report. This also shows that Tempo.co strives to maintain neutral news balance and has implemented Bill Kovach's journalistic elements of broadcasting comprehensive and proportional news.

“I feel the weight of expectations”: how emotions and social norms shape news choices about superfood diets

Focusing on “super diets” and different approaches to integrate superfoods in one’s diet (i.e., small- vs. large-change approaches), this study examines the drivers behind healthy eating information management (both seeking and avoidance). We combine self-reported data (N = 359) about the individual’s affective states (positive (PA), negative (NA), and mixed (MA)) and the perceived informational subjective norms (ISN) with unobtrusively measured news selectivity. The data was analyzed using zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) regression models, which simultaneously accounted for the seeking and avoiding healthy eating news. Findings revealed that the seeking behavior could neither be explained by the individual’s affective state (negative or mixed), informational subjective norms, nor by their interaction. However, contrary to our predictions, positive affect was not associated with avoiding news about healthy eating. Regarding specific content features, informational subjective norms were the only significant predictor of seeking news featuring large-change approaches to one’s diet. While individuals in negative affective states were likely to spend less time on news featuring a small-change approach, individuals with mixed affects were likely to spend more time on news featuring such an approach. The interaction between mixed affect and negative affect with informational subjective norms reversed this relationship. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Nudging News Readers: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding When and How Interface Nudges Affect News Selection

Building on research on nudging as well as democratic news recommender design, this preregistered study employed a mixed-methods design to explore how interface nudges and article positioning affect news selection. Specifically, we tested whether a position nudge as well as three different types of interface nudges (e.g., popularity cues and social norm interventions) can facilitate readers’ engagement with current affairs news over other genres. To better understand how users processed and perceived the nudges, we further substantiated the experimental results with qualitative insights from a think-aloud protocol and semi-structured interviews. Our experimental results revealed strong effects of the position nudge, but no significant effects of interface nudges. Exploratory analyses indicated that interface nudges must be noticed to affect news selection, while our qualitative insights point to considerable individual-level differences in how nudges are perceived and evaluated. Thus, our study suggests that effective nudging requires carefully pre-tested design and a nuanced understanding of individual preferences.

What Chinese Internet Users “Like” to Read: Selective Exposure in a Restricted Information Environment

Abstract We study the phenomenon of selective exposure in China's restricted online information environment. Through an experimental survey study, we measure to what extent features of online news, such as popularity (i.e. number of “likes”), influence information selection among Chinese internet users (“netizens”). We find evidence of preferences for news information according to news topic and the nationalist sentiments of individuals. Generally, for news about domestic affairs, Chinese netizens prefer articles that take the opposite position of the government; for foreign affairs, they prefer articles aligned with the government's position. However, nationalistic individuals are more likely to select domestic affairs articles congruent with the Chinese government's issue framing. We also find social endorsements to be highly influential on news selection behaviour. Popular posts with many “likes” attract Chinese netizens to the point where they select content they may not otherwise read, even though the internet environment is easily manipulated.

Automating the search and selection of news in municipal registries: Experiences from a Swedish participatory action research project

This article describes a Swedish case study with a focus on how to enhance journalists’ professional autonomy, local news coverage and local democracy with the help of an automated search tool. The aim was to involve journalists in the development project using the theory of participatory action research and tailor a search tool to their specific needs to search for news stories in documents from municipalities. We conclude that user-centred design is a viable methodology when developing a new tool, but not necessarily when it comes to implementing the tool in journalists’ everyday practice, as the implementation is dependent on other factors connected to management and organizational structures. It became clear that the journalists were optimistic about the automated search tool as long as it made their work more efficient in terms of time and money and offered better possibilities for independent news discovery. We also noticed that some of the journalists’ professional knowledge about a certain geographical area or municipality became subordinate to the knowledge of how to best use available search tools.

Mediatisation Dynamics and Broadcast News Selection Approaches in Nigeria During the Covid-19 Era

This study examines how the dynamics surrounding mediatisation of COVID-19 narratives significantly impacted broadcast news selection among broadcast media professionals in Nigeria. It conceptually expounds on certain influences that mediatisation dynamics exert on broadcast news stories especially on how they were chosen, framed, and presented to the public. The theoretical foundation of this paper is provided by the Media System Dependency and Mediatisation theories. The study employs Hjarvard, Mortensen, and Eskjaer’s (2015) typologies of media dynamics: amplification, framing, performance avenues, and co-structuring to relate how mediatisation influences broadcast news selection. The study revealed that amplification entails the media’s power to magnify event, focusing predominantly on the negative aspects of the pandemic, such as death tolls and infection rates, which aligns with the typical newsworthiness criteria favouring the extraordinary and negative. Conversely, framing and performance avenues align with the broadcast media’s ability to shape how the pandemic was perceived by selecting terminology and emphasising specific issues. This includes sensitising the public on preventive measures and providing a platform for various stakeholders to communicate their actions. Co-structuring explores how the broadcast media, often controlled by the elite, influence the public agenda and prompt actions from authorities. The paper concludes that broadcast media not only influence society but are also influenced by the concept of mеdiatisation, acknowledging the vital role they play in providing information for societal well-being.

Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Pemilihan Berita Online Yang Akan Terbit Pada Perusahaan Media Online PT. Zaki Angkasa Hamdani Dengan Menerapkan Metode Profile Matching

Online news selection is the activity of selecting several news stories by assessing each news item based on existing criteria, this process is carried out by the Editor-in-Chief. News that is interesting and has high value will be placed at the front and become the main news. Packaging in news media has its own appeal, because it will attract people to read news in each news media. Inaccuracy in selecting online news and the length of the news selection process. So the online news that is published often does not provide accurate information, and can have a negative impact on readers. Based on the problems above, a decision support system will be built to determine the selection of online news that will be published using the Profile Matching method. In this research, the Profile Matching method is applied with the aim of providing the best solution in determining the selection of online news that will be published on PT. Zaki Angkasa Hamdani. Based on the criteria set by PT. Zaki Angkasa Hamdani used in this research, namely: News Title, News Writing, Data Completeness and Data Quality. This aims to make it easier to determine priorities for selecting online news that will be published more quickly and accurately so that later it can be more helpful to PT. Zaki Angkasa Hamdani in determining the selection of online news that will be published on PT. Zaki Angkasa Hamdani. Based on the results obtained from the ranking value for the selection of online news that will be published, there is a news with the title Pegasus Pancur Batu Police Ringkus HP Robber (A2) with a value of 6,964, so it can be proposed as online news that will be published based on the results of the selection that has been carried out.

Negotiating News: How Cross-Cutting Romantic Partners Select, Consume, and Discuss News Together

ABSTRACT As political partisanship intensifies, political similarity in romantic partnerships has become increasingly common. Still, there exist many for whom their romantic partnership is “cross-cutting,” or one in which partners hold dissimilar political beliefs, and for whom the selection, consumption, and discussion of news may be especially challenging. Drawing from literature on news exposure, co-viewing, and political talk, I consider the influence of cross-cutting romantic partnerships on if and how romantic partners select, consume, and discuss news with each other. Through in-depth interviews with individuals in cross-cutting romantic partnerships (N = 67), I find that cross-cutting couples experience two phenomena when navigating news: a) negotiated exposure, in which partners influence the news one another selects and consumes, and b) two-step conflict, in which news content, source, and volume spurred conflict, not only discussion, between partners. I consider the implications of these phenomena for the study of political polarization, news use, and political discussion, and advocate for these areas of research to consider relational contexts in their approach.

Associations Between Valenced News and Affect in Daily Life: Experimental and Ecological Momentary Assessment Approaches

ABSTRACT In 203 (mean age = 38.04 years, SD = 12.05) participants, we tested the association between valenced news and affect using a 14-day, smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment protocol consisting of two components: 1) a once-per-day experimental protocol in which participants were exposed to good news and bad news stories and 2) a four-times-per-day protocol capturing ecological fluctuations in news consumption. Across both protocols, we replicate findings that consumption of positively valenced news is associated with increased positive affect and decreased negative affect while consumption of negatively valenced news is associated with increased negative affect and decreased positive affect. By integrating the ecological momentary assessment data with network science methodologies, news selection and news effects were modeled simultaneously, uncovering selection processes whereby current positive affect, but not negative affect, predicted future valenced news consumption. Altogether, findings indicate that everyday news consumption influences positive and negative affect and may serve mood management functions for positive but not negative affect.

Gatekeeping, News Values and Selection: Factors Determining the Newsworthiness of Hate Crimes

ABSTRACT This study addresses the question what makes hate crime incidents newsworthy and which factors are conducive to such incidents being reported on. Relying on news value theory, we identify criteria (cultural proximity, conflict) that explain why some hate crimes make the news and why others do not. We use a dataset of police-registered hate crimes in the Netherlands in 2017 (N = 3379). This is the entire population of hate crimes that the police reported in the whole country. This allows us to disentangle dynamics of the news selection process and identify bias. We find that both target group and type of hate crime affect the newsworthiness: hate crimes with victims targeted due to religious motives (Islamophobia, anti-Semitism) are more likely to be covered; hate crimes based on sexual orientation, gender and ethnicity are less likely to pass the gates. Hate crimes that are more conflictual in nature (i.e., violent hate crimes, vandalism) are more likely to be covered too. These selection effects likely have important effects on public awareness and political reactions.

Let the TV on! Audience Behaviour Patterns during ‘First Wave’ of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic

While most media research on the Covid-19 pandemic focuses on misinformation or polarisation of society, we find a niche in what strategies mass audiences chose to adopt when receiving the news. We addressed this very question immediately at the beginning of the pandemic in the Czech Republic in 2020, choosing a quantitative method and apply it on a representative sample of the Czech population according to standard quota sampling parameters. The specificities of the Czech Republic, as one of the most affected countries and holding the primacy with the highest number of deaths from Covid-19 per population in the world, played an important role in the selection of news. Our research identified four basic groups of recipients: Concerned, Careful, Sceptical, and Detached. Research in Germany (Wolling, Schumann & Arlt, 2020), for example, has found similar classifications. Another important finding was the audience’s preferences in terms of the use of different types of media, with our respondents being completely dominated by television as the primary source of information. Other key finding is that audiences felt overwhelmed by news of the pandemic, which implies challenges for further research but especially for journalistic practice.

Monitoring of the daily printed newspapers of the Western Balkans for the coverage of the events in the Russia-Ukraine war with special emphasis on their cover page

The coverage of the war in Ukraine has become an important aspect in understanding global politics and the new world order. Given the heightened interest in coverage among regions directly affected by this war, this paper offers a regional overview of events in the Russia-Ukraine war over a four-month period. The paper examines daily printed newspapers in the Western Balkans, providing a comprehensive analysis of the geographic landscape. The data was collected from equivalent functional media through a strict and systematic selection of news related to the war in Ukraine. Media sources were selected using the snowball sampling method, beginning with Albanian newspapers and expanding to include all the Western Balkans countries. The study analyzed cover page headlines from two daily print newspapers in five Western Balkans countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. In these newspapers, the headlines were analyzed in terms of the space they occupied, their objectivity, subjectivity, and bias toward one of the parties in war. The main findings of this paper reveal that a significant number of news headlines are presented in a sensational manner. In terms of objectivity and subjectivity, five newspapers published objective headlines while the other five published subjective ones. However, the percentage of objectivity and subjectivity varies from country to country and from newspaper to newspaper. As for bias, the majority of newspapers lean towards Ukraine. Our findings are comparable and can be proven at any time.

Bridging the Tech-Editorial Gap: Lessons from Two Case Studies of the Development and Integration of Algorithmic Curation in Journalism

ABSTRACT Recommender systems are increasingly applied by traditional news organisations to structure and personalise their websites according to a set of predefined principles. But we have little insight into the people and processes involved in defining these principles and transforming them into code, despite their direct impact on online news selection and distribution. This article contributes to filling this research gap by investigating recommender system development and implementation at two Scandinavian news organisations. Drawing on field theory, the study explores the powerful position of developers and data scientists within news organisations and their working relationships around algorithmic curation. These new entrants into the field bring new forms of cultural capital and a performance-oriented doxa that clashes with the journalistic doxa, causing delays in the integration of the technology. The article highlights the important role of steering groups and bridging employees in balancing technical, commercial, and editorial concerns but also illuminates the lack of sustained collaboration between journalists and data scientists. Such overlapping and non-siloed collaboration can help build common ground and inter-field understanding and ease technology integration. To this end, the article suggests that long-term business objectives bridge the tech-editorial gap by bringing these different stakeholders together around a common goal.