Crime, foreigners and hard news: A cross-national comparison of reporting and public perception

Curran, J, Salovaara-Moring, I, Coen, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4632-1929 and Iyengar, S 2010, 'Crime, foreigners and hard news: A cross-national comparison of reporting and public perception' , Journalism, 11 (1) , pp. 3-19.

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Abstract

The Finnish media devote more attention to hard news than the British media, yet Finns are less interested in politics than the British. The principal reason for this difference in news values is that Finnish TV is more subject to public service influence than British TV, and the Finnish press is more strongly influenced by a professional journalistic culture than its British counterpart. While a number of national differences contribute to different levels of public knowledge, the Finns are better informed about hard news topics partly because they are better briefed in these areas by their media.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Media, Digital Technology and the Creative Economy
Schools:	Schools > School of Health Sciences Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	Journalism
Publisher:	Sage
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	1464-8849
Related URLs:	http://pcl.stanford.edu/research/2009/cu...
Funders:	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Depositing User:	S Coen
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2012 15:46
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 14:36
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/27292

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