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Maintenance of News Frames: How US, British and Russian News Made Sense of Unfolding Events in the Syrian Chemical Weapons Crisis
Journalism Studies ( IF 3.604 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-10 , DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2020.1843066
Christian Baden 1 , Katsiaryna Stalpouskaya 2
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ABSTRACT

Frames are indispensable tools for journalists to make sense of unfolding events, but they also constrain their perspective to most readily see what they expect to see. In this study, we examine how pre-established news frames continue to inform journalists’ framing practices despite the ongoing arrival of novel, often contravening information. Specifically, we argue that dominant frames rooted in pre-existing cultural perceptions and strategic elite frame building have the capacity to overpower an open-minded appraisal of available information. In a qualitative, diachronic analysis of US, British and Russian news coverage of the 2013 Syrian Chemical Weapons crisis, we analyze journalists’ strategies for negotiating between pre-established news frames and novel, discrepant claims and observations. We find that most claims that directly contravened existing frames were either ignored or discounted by questioning the credibility of sources. By contrast, unforeseen events effectively challenged the predictive validity of dominant frames, necessitating adaptations with often far-reaching consequences for the frame. Observed patterns were consistent across outlets, despite the different journalistic cultures and embedding media systems and political settings. Our findings illuminate the important role of journalists’ pre-established ideas, which shape their news selection and framing practices, contributing to the maintenance of existing news narratives.



中文翻译:

新闻框架的维护:美国,英国和俄罗斯新闻如何看待叙利亚化学武器危机中不断发展的事件

摘要

框架是记者了解正在发生的事件的必不可少的工具,但它们也限制了他们的视角以最容易地看到他们期望看到的东西。在这项研究中,我们研究了尽管不断出现新颖,经常相互矛盾的信息,但预先建立的新闻框架如何继续为记者的取景活动提供信息。具体而言,我们认为,扎根于先前存在的文化观念和战略精英框架的主导框架有能力克服对可用信息进行开放式评估的能力。在对美国,英国和俄罗斯对2013年叙利亚化学武器危机的新闻报道进行定性,历时分析后,我们分析了记者在预先建立的新闻框架与新颖,相异的主张和观察之间进行谈判的策略。我们发现,通过质疑消息来源的可信度,大多数直接违反现有框架的主张都被忽略或轻描淡写。相比之下,不可预见的事件有效地挑战了主导框架的预测有效性,因此必须进行适应,而框架往往会产生深远的影响。尽管新闻文化不同,媒体系统和政治环境不同,但观察到的模式在各网点是一致的。我们的研究结果阐明了记者预先建立的思想的重要作用,这些思想影响着他们的新闻选择和框架实践,有助于维持现有的新闻叙述。必须进行改编,这通常会对框架产生深远的影响。尽管新闻文化不同,媒体系统和政治环境不同,但观察到的模式在各网点是一致的。我们的研究结果阐明了记者预先建立的思想的重要作用,这些思想影响着他们的新闻选择和框架实践,有助于维持现有的新闻叙述。必须进行调整,对框架通常会产生深远的影响。尽管新闻文化不同,媒体系统和政治环境不同,但观察到的模式在各网点是一致的。我们的研究结果阐明了记者预先建立的思想的重要作用,这些思想影响着他们的新闻选择和框架实践,有助于维持现有的新闻叙述。

更新日期:2020-11-10
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