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Self-coverage for public interest or self-promotion: How media cross-ownership structures affect news content in South Korea

“…Similar to findings of cross-ownership in other countries, each of the three South Korean newspapers was found to cover issues related to their own subsidiary cable TV networks more frequently (Cleary and Adams-Bloom, 2009a, 2009b; Lee and Hwang, 2004; Panis et al, 2015) and with a more positive tone (Jung, 2002; Williams, 2002) compared to articles published by the other two newspapers. Specifically, consistent with findings of previous studies (Hardy, 2010; Jung, 2002; Panis et al, 2015), news about programs broadcast by newspaper-owned TV subsidiaries were the most frequent type of self-coverage by all three major newspapers (RQ1).…”

“…The results of this study that examined self-coverage of cross-owned companies in South Korea differ from findings of previous research, conducted mostly in the United States and Europe. First and most importantly, compared to research about examples of self-coverage in the United States and Europe (Cleary and Adams-Bloom, 2009b; Lee and Hwang, 2004; Wood et al, 2004), issues of self-promotion of subsidiary TV networks by South Korea’s leading newspapers appear to be more serious. For example, this study found that articles published by South Korean news organizations with TV subsidiaries are not only more favorable toward themselves but also seldom report news about their competitors.…”

“…To determine whether news organizations that owned TV subsidiaries were likely to be more positive in reporting news about their own networks, tone of coverage was coded as positive, negative, or neutral. Based on previous studies (Lee and Hwang, 2004; Panis et al, 2015), being positive meant news coverage included descriptions with positive adjectives such as good, innovative, interesting, popular, outstanding, or profitable while negative news included reports that were critical, attacking, or faultfinding.…”

“…Simply put, cross-promotion occurs through the cooperation and interaction among several cross-media partners such as newspapers, television stations, and Web organizations in the production of news content (Dailey et al, 2005). Previous studies of US cases have demonstrated that cross-promotion through self-coverage has increased significantly as the result of cross-media ownership (Champlin and Knoedler, 2002; Lee and Hwang, 2004; Panis et al, 2015).…”

The frame of the house: How elite news sources framed Taiwan’s housing policy

“…For instance, “newspapers owned by corporate shareholder controlled companies and large chains are more likely to offer coverage with a negative tone” than their privately owned counterparts (Dunaway, 2013, p. 35). In addition, Time magazine was found to cover Time Warner entertainment products more often after the merger of these two companies (Lee & Hwang, 2004). Furthermore, Fox News, generally considered a “red” or conservative media outlet, takes a conservative stand in its coverage of global warming by treating this subject as bogus and insubstantial (Fedlman, Maibach, Roser-Renouf, & Leiserowitz, 2012).…”