Themenzyklus der Kriegsberichterstattung – ein Phasenmodell

Abstract

In this article, we analyse war coverage from a longitudinal perspective. In doing so, we refer to the classical issue cycle model, which has been discussed frequently in communication science. We adapt the model to war coverage andaccording to the duration and the predictability of war eventswe distinguish different types of news cycles. We assume that different stages of news coverage differ not only quantitatively, but also qualitatively with regards to the cited sources. The coverage on the war in Lebanon ( 2006) in the newspapers Süddeutsche Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung serves as a case study for the empirical exploration of the suggested model. The coverage can be divided into four different phases and the results show that it was mainly event-driven. In the peak phase of coverage, increased citations of actors participating in the conflict and of other media actors are observed, as well as generally the most diverse range of voices to be heard in the coverage.

The Ukraine conflict and the European media: A comparative study of newspapers in 13 European countries

“…Overall, 18.1 per cent of the articles were published on the escalation period and 38.5 per cent on the Crimea referendum, however, only 24.0 per cent of articles were published on the referendum in Eastern Ukraine and 19.4 per cent on the presidential elections (see Figure 2). Therefore, attention cycles (Miltner and Waldherr, 2013) are clearly visible in all countries except Ukraine, where coverage of these momentous domestic issues was almost even in all four periods studied, and both newspapers published a very high number of articles and placed them prominently in the papers (RQ3).…”

“…Following De Beer (2008), who notes that ‘a journalist is ever tied to his or her society, to the values, traditions, ideology, and political realities’, attention for ‘key events’ or ‘turning points’ in this conflict that may have influenced the coverage in the short term might be different across countries (p. 15). Similarly, the news cycles model, predicting a quick loss of media attention for a topic after an initial or repeated peak of coverage (as applied to war coverage by Miltner and Waldherr, 2013), might prove applicable to the analysis of the Ukraine conflict as well, 4 and different news cycles might be observed in different national media.…”

Media as an instrument of strategic communication in armed conflicts: The CNN effect

“…Сведоци смо да је до споразума дошло у првој половини јуна, што се делом може посредно посматрати и као утицај јавности. 28 Утицај савремених медија, односно Си-Ен-Ен ефекта на јавност, a тиме и на политичке одлуке остварује се кроз:…”

Distilling Issue Cycles From Large Databases: A Time-Series Analysis of Terrorism and Media in Africa

“…This is where the analysis of issue cycles starts. After identifying a topic such as climate change (Brossard et al, 2004; Lo ¨rcher & Neverla, 2015), care for the elderly (Wien & Elmelund-Praestekaer, 2009), or war (Miltner & Waldherr, 2013), trigger events are identified and individual issue cycles are further investigated. If the uplift in attention is sudden and media-driven, these issue cycles are called media storms, hypes,…”