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Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

Volume 52, Issue 1, 2008

Homogenous Agendas, Disparate Frames: CNN and CNN International Coverage Online

Homogenous Agendas, Disparate Frames: CNN and CNN International Coverage Online

DOI:
10.1080/08838150701820809
Jacob Groshek M.A.ab

pages 52-68

Available online: 14 Mar 2008

Abstract

Although CNN and CNN International represent just a fraction of global news coverage, the networks are widely viewed, crucial agenda-setting agents the world over. This study found that the online versions of these 2 networks were remarkably consistent in telling audiences in America and abroad what to think about. However, American and non-American online audiences received disparate amounts of coverage and were cued how to think about issues in unique ways. These findings and the high level of news homogenization in this content analysis are evidence of the influence that American news values have in global media culture.

 

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  • Citation information:
  • Available online: 14 Mar 2008

Author affiliations

  • a Marquette University
  • b School of Journalism at Indiana University

Author biographies

(M.A., Marquette University) is a doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism at Indiana University. His research interests include the democratic utility of new media technologies and the ways in which the structure, content, and uses of these media may influence political environments.

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