Patterns of International News Coverage in Japanese Online Media
The research explores the coverage of international news in Japanese online media, particularly Yahoo! News, revealing that international news receives a relatively low percentage of coverage compared to other categories like Entertainment and Sports. The study aims to identify patterns and influences on international news coverage in Japanese online media based on an analysis of article numbers from November 2022 to April 2023.
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Eighth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies 6-8 Septermber 2023 Madrid, Spain SHAPING INTERNATIONAL NEWS COVERAGE IN JAPANESE ONLINE MEDIA Sooyeon Kim Kasan Gaidai University s90y.ni@gmail.com Shaping International News Coverage in Japanese Online Media Sooyeon Kim
Digital Era in Journalism Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Digital News Report 2022 (https://www.digitalnewsreport.org)
Selected news Discarded news Generate significnat agenda-setting effects Contribute to the public s knowledge Affect government s foreign policy
LITERATURE REVIEW LITERATURE ON INTERNATIONAL NEWS COVERAGE Characteristic of Japan s traditional media proportion of international news coverage is low (Ishi, 1996; Hagiwara 2006) LITERATURE ON NEWS VALUES Focuses on Western countries (Wu, 2007) Focuses on Japanese traditional media (Ito, 2005) Case studies focuses on Japanese online media (Cato et al., 2021)
RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are the patterns in the coverage of international news in the Japanese online media (Yahoo! News)? What influences international news coverage?
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Target: Yahoo! News (https://news.yahoo.co.jp) International news coverage (article number) International category Analysis period: November 2022 to April 2023 Date Nov 2022 Dec 2022 Jan 2023 Feb 2023 Mar 2023 Apr 2023 TOTAL Article # 2,574 2,566 2,614 2,613 2,831 2,622 15,820
Categories (9) Main National International Business Entertainment Sports IT Science Regional Yahoo! JAPAN (https://news.yahoo.co.jp)
RESULTS & FINDINGS Relatively small coverage amount International : 12.5% cf.) Entertainment : 14.3%, Sports : 16.3% Figure. Number of article on international news coverage in Yahoo! News
Imbalance in reporting trends cf.) Latin America, Africa, and Oceania International news coverage by region Asian countries: 634 articles from 32 countries European countries: 544 articles from 34 countries Northern American countries: 255 articles from 2 countries Top four countries = more than 50% of the total number of articles Figure. Percentage of mentions of countries in international news
International news coverage was related to the home state, Japan 5th most frequently mentioned country in international news coverage (6% of the articles) International issues directly involving Japan received attention in international news e.g.) Japanese involvement in incidents and accidents around the world/ politics, economy, and security relations with countries Figure. Top 20 nations and the UN that appeared on Yahoo! News
What triggers unbalanced coverage? geographically close political and economic relevance countries related to the Great Powers negative international incidents whose blood bleeds if it bleeds, it leads Figure. Top 20 nations and the UN that appeared on Yahoo! News
CONCLUSION & DISCUSSION Number of of Internet users in Japan is expected to continue increasing (2012: 3.03 million 2023: 97.61 million) people will continue to rely on media No significant differences in reporting trends were observed between traditional and online media sparse international news coverage home country-centered coverage factors influencing international news coverage
LIMITATIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS A long-term analysis Anaylsis period: Russia-Ukraine war Comparison by targeting multiple media outlets Multiple online media Traditional media & Online media Content analysis & Regressional analysis with panel data Independent variables: prominence (GDP), deviance (conflict fatalities), economic, political, cultural, and geographical relationships with Japan, inter-media agenda setting (The NYT)
Thank you for your attention Sooyeon Kim Email: s90y.ni@gmail.com Department of Global Communication and Language, Kansai Gaidai University Osaka, Japan
