News Coverage of New Presidents in The New York Times, 1981‐2009
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Content analysis of front‐page The New York Times stories during the first year of the Barack Obama presidency revealed news coverage that was far more positive in tone than that received during the first year of the Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush presidencies. Overall, the Obama findings reveal a media honeymoon in that influential newspaper, a sharp contrast from first‐year coverage of other presidents during the modern era of a more combative press. The positive policy coverage Obama received in the Times was also significantly more positive than on evening newscasts of network television and on Fox News’ Special Report. Un análisis de los reportajes en primera plana del New York Times durante el primer año de presidencia de Barack Obama reveló reportajes con un tono mucho más positivo que aquel recibido durante el primer año de las presidencias de Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton y George W. Bush. En conjunto, estos hallazgos muestran una luna de miel del influyente periódico con Barack Obama, un marcado contraste con la cobertura que recibieron otros presidentes durante la era moderna de una prensa más competitiva. La positiva cobertura que Obama recibió del Times también fue significativamente más positiva que la recibida por noticieros vespertinos en cadenas televisivas y en el programa Fox News’ Special Report. Related Articles:“Media Use in the Contemporary Presidency,” (1996): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.1996.tb00441.x/abstract “Selective Media Exposure and Partisan Differences,” (2011): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2011.00288.x/abstract “The Influence of Media Policy Narratives on Public Opinion,” (2011): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2009.00175.x/abstract
Source: Politics & Policy
Authors: STEPHEN J. FARNSWORTH, S. ROBERT LICHTER
Institutions: University of Mary Washington, George Mason University
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1929486558