This study investigated the use of national stereotypes and home cultural referents (so-called “domestication”) in foreign news reporting, in relation to social identity theory which posits that individuals are drawn to information/assessments that positively describe the social groups to which they belong. Through a content analysis of influential newspapers from three different countries, this study finds that foreign news coverage tends to depict the home culture favorably while generally denigrating foreign societies, consistent with the theory's predictions. The study also finds that foreign news generally portrays the foreign society negatively with or without the stereotype but that stereotyping will enhance negativity. This research also employed cultural theories to probe the reciprocal nature between the audience and the journalists, both of who may share similar cultural frames.

本研究调查了外国新闻报道中对国家刻板印象和家庭文化参照物（所谓的“驯化”）的使用，与社会认同理论有关，该理论假设个人被积极描述他们所在的社会群体的信息/评估所吸引。属于。通过对来自三个不同国家的有影响力的报纸进行内容分析，本研究发现，外国新闻报道倾向于对本国文化进行正面描述，同时普遍贬低外国社会，这与该理论的预测一致。该研究还发现，外国新闻通常对外国社会进行负面描述，无论是否带有刻板印象，但刻板印象会增强消极性。这项研究还运用文化理论来探讨观众和记者之间的互惠性质，