TY - JOUR
T1 - News Beat Fluidity in Civic, Infotainment, and Service Role Performance Across Cultures
AU - Mellado, Claudia
AU - Márquez-Ramírez, Mireya
AU - Mothes, Cornelia
AU - Humanes, María Luisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Based on a content analysis of 33,640 news stories from the Journalistic Role Performance project, this paper analyzes how civic, service and infotainment roles connect with thematic beats and vary across media organizations and cultures. We examine differences in role performance across politics, economics, crime, social affairs, court, and miscellaneous news beats in print news from 64 media outlets in 18 countries. Our study sheds light on the multiple ways in which thematic beats define the performance of audience-oriented roles in the news across countries. We offer multiple insights into how thematic beats are shaped by national journalistic cultures and news organizations' structural characteristics, with media audience orientation and ownership strongly affecting this relationship. Considering the factors at play, we propose a typology of news beats regarding their relationship to audiences.
AB - Based on a content analysis of 33,640 news stories from the Journalistic Role Performance project, this paper analyzes how civic, service and infotainment roles connect with thematic beats and vary across media organizations and cultures. We examine differences in role performance across politics, economics, crime, social affairs, court, and miscellaneous news beats in print news from 64 media outlets in 18 countries. Our study sheds light on the multiple ways in which thematic beats define the performance of audience-oriented roles in the news across countries. We offer multiple insights into how thematic beats are shaped by national journalistic cultures and news organizations' structural characteristics, with media audience orientation and ownership strongly affecting this relationship. Considering the factors at play, we propose a typology of news beats regarding their relationship to audiences.
KW - News beat
KW - journalism
KW - news
KW - professional roles
KW - role performance
KW - thematic beats
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114310138&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17512786.2021.1971548
DO - 10.1080/17512786.2021.1971548
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114310138
SN - 1751-2786
VL - 15
SP - 1240
EP - 1271
JO - Journalism Practice
JF - Journalism Practice
IS - 9
ER -
