The role of the ‘negativity’ factor in international news coverage: A case study of Latin America in the German press, 2000–2014

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Global Media and Communication Pub Date : 2020-07-30 DOI:10.1177/1742766520946465

Regina Cazzamatta

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Abstract

This paper analyses the predominance of the ‘negativity’ factor as the primary determinant of news coverage in the German press – Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Tageszeitung and Der Spiegel – of events in Latin America. Based on a sample of 3831 articles published between January 2000 and December 2014, this study finds a general concentration of negative events (43.05%) with regard to 20 Latin American countries. However, since this number does not exceed 50%, the research assumption of a conflict-oriented news reporting has to be relativised. The ‘negativity’ rate stands out as sectorial depending on specific countries and areas of news coverage. Considerable interest in cultural issues helps to provide a more balanced image. While Honduras, Haiti, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Paraguay exhibit a strong negative balance, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Chile and Cuba boast a dynamic, positive image. Brazil and Mexico account for two ambivalent cases.

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“消极”因素在国际新闻报道中的作用:2000-2014年德国媒体对拉丁美洲的案例研究

本文分析了德国媒体《南德意志报》、《法兰克福汇报》、《时代周报》和《明镜周刊》对拉丁美洲事件的报道中，“消极”因素作为新闻报道的主要决定因素的主导地位。根据2000年1月至2014年12月期间发表的3831篇文章的样本，本研究发现20个拉丁美洲国家的负面事件普遍集中（43.05%）。然而，由于这一数字不超过50%，因此必须将以冲突为导向的新闻报道的研究假设相对化。根据具体国家和新闻报道领域的不同，“负面”率是按部门划分的。对文化问题的极大兴趣有助于提供一个更加平衡的形象。洪都拉斯、海地、厄瓜多尔、多米尼加共和国和巴拉圭表现出强烈的负平衡，而哥斯达黎加、乌拉圭、智利和古巴则表现出充满活力和积极的形象。巴西和墨西哥有两个矛盾的案例。

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期刊介绍： Global Media and Communication is an international peer-reviewed journal launched in April 2005 as a key forum for articulating critical debates and developments in the continuously changing global media and communications environment. As a pioneering platform for the exchange of ideas and multiple perspectives, the journal addresses fresh and contentious research agendas and promotes an academic dialogue that is fully transnational and transdisciplinary in its scope. With a network of ten regional editors around the world, the journal offers a global source of material on international media and cultural processes. Special features include interviews, reviews of recent media developments and digests of policy documents and data reports from a variety of countries.

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