2014
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2014.891136
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News With an Attitude: Assessing the Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Opinionated News

Abstract: News with an attitude: assessing the mechanisms underlying the effects of opinionated news Boukes, M.; Boomgaarden, H.; Moorman, M.; de Vreese, C.H. General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certai… Show more

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“…The term pre-generic implies the imitation of an original genre (Knight 2004), but our results demonstrate that the imitated genre can also be a hybrid genre since some scholars argue that liberal and conservative news are hybrid genres (e.g., Boukes et al 2014). The reason being that opinionated news often deviates from genre conventions of traditional news towards those of entertainment genres by focusing more on emotions for example (Boukes et al 2014).…”
Section: Implications Of Main Findingsmentioning
confidence: 64%
“…The term pre-generic implies the imitation of an original genre (Knight 2004), but our results demonstrate that the imitated genre can also be a hybrid genre since some scholars argue that liberal and conservative news are hybrid genres (e.g., Boukes et al 2014). The reason being that opinionated news often deviates from genre conventions of traditional news towards those of entertainment genres by focusing more on emotions for example (Boukes et al 2014).…”
Section: Implications Of Main Findingsmentioning
confidence: 64%
“…Although frequently understood as a form of regular journalism, one could argue that opinionated or partisan forms of journalism are an infotainment genre as well (see Boukes, Boomgaarden, Moorman, & De Vreese, 2014). Well-known examples of opinionated news are outlets, such as FoxNews and Breitbart, which clearly relate to the final dimension of soft news characteristics as described by Reinemann et al (2012): whereas news and opinion in regular journalism are strictly separated, they are intertwined within the opinionated news genre.…”
Section: Opinionated Newsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the modern news environment, objective news can be most directly contrasted with ‘opinionated news’, which is news coverage that is combined with ‘explicitly expressed opinions’ (Boukes et al, 2014: 355). Examples of opinionated news include television news programs hosted by some anchors (e.g.…”
Section: Twitter and Journalismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow) on US cable news channels such as Fox News and MSNBC (Feldman, 2011; Stroud, 2010). Opinion is purposefully included in opinionated news to differentiate the content from other news sources in order to reach audiences and increase revenue (Boukes et al, 2014; Gentzkow and Shapiro, 2010).…”
Section: Twitter and Journalismmentioning
confidence: 99%