Comparing international coverage of 9/11 : towards an interdisciplinary explanation of the construction of news

Archetti, C

Abstract

This article presents an interdisciplinary model attempting to explain how news is constructed by relying on the contributions of different fields of study: News Sociology, Political Communications, International Communications, International Relations. It is a first step towards developing a holistic theoretical approach to what shapes the news, which bridges current micro to macro approaches. More precisely the model explains news variation across different media organization and countries by focusing on the different way the sense of newsworthiness of journalists is affected by three main variables: national interest, national journalistic culture, and editorial policy of each media organization. The model is developed on the basis of an investigation into what shaped the media coverage of 9/11 in eight elite newspapers across the US, France, Italy and Pakistan.

Citation

Archetti, C. (2010). Comparing international coverage of 9/11 : towards an interdisciplinary explanation of the construction of news. Journalism, 11(5), 567-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884910373536

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Oct 12, 2010
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Dec 6, 2010
• Journal: Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism
• Print ISSN: 1464-8849
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 567-588
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884910373536
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884910373536
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