News Media Exposure and Community Consensus on Terrorism in a Developing Country: First and Second Level Agenda-Setting Effects

Q1 Arts and Humanities

Media Watch Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1177/09760911221130818

Muhammad Yousaf, Zhengrong Hu, S. Raza

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Abstract

This study investigates how increased news media use corresponds to an increasing consensus among different subgroups in society regarding social issues (first level of agenda-setting) and consensus on the attributes of the terrorism issue (second level of agenda-setting). With its cross-sectional design, the study, includes a content analysis of three leading newspapers and three television channels, coupled with a systematic random sample survey of the audience. Results indicated that news media use and consensus-building studies regarding an agenda of important issues confronting the community were not replicated within the Pakistani public. In contrast, the pattern of increased news media use and consensus on the attributes of the terrorism issue was strongly replicated in Pakistan. The findings further showed that news media reduced differences among divergent demographic subgroups and contributed to how these groups think about and understand issues. It was concluded that news media, by emphasising certain aspects of terrorism, contributed to the development of social consensus among diversified segments of a population concerning to their opinion about different aspects of terrorism. Thus, the media must be free of political and ideological pressures to act as a pluralistic platform to form an informed public opinion.

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新闻媒体曝光与发展中国家恐怖主义问题社区共识：一级和二级议程设定效应

这项研究调查了新闻媒体使用的增加如何与社会不同群体在社会问题上日益达成共识（第一级议程制定）和在恐怖主义问题的属性上日益达成一致（第二级议程设定）相对应。该研究采用横断面设计，包括对三家主要报纸和三个电视频道的内容分析，以及对观众的系统随机抽样调查。结果表明，新闻媒体的使用和关于社区面临的重要问题议程的建立共识研究没有在巴基斯坦公众中复制。相比之下，在巴基斯坦，新闻媒体的使用和对恐怖主义问题的属性达成共识的模式得到了有力的复制。研究结果进一步表明，新闻媒体减少了不同人口群体之间的差异，并有助于这些群体如何思考和理解问题。结论是，新闻媒体通过强调恐怖主义的某些方面，有助于在不同人群中形成社会共识，表达他们对恐怖主义不同方面的看法。因此，媒体必须摆脱政治和意识形态压力，作为一个多元平台，形成知情的公众舆论。

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