Non-syndicated news*** | 86 | 68 |
Original reporting* | 89 | 83 |
News topic: | | |
Politics | 17 | 15 |
Business/economics | 9 | 7 |
Social issues | 15 | 14 |
Sport | 13 | 13 |
Accidents/disasters | 2 | 1 |
Culture | 8 | 9 |
Entertainment | 0 | 1 |
Weather | 1 | 1 |
Science/technology | 2 | 1 |
Media | 0 | 0 |
Environment | 2 | 3 |
Crime** | 9 | 17 |
Lifestyle/fitness | 1 | 2 |
War/conflict | 0 | 0 |
Community (social life, life events)* | 20 | 13 |
Miscellaneous | 2 | 4 |
Topic dimensions | | |
Societal actors involved (two or more – parties, voters and politicians, corporations, organisations) that disagree about a societal issue present in news item | 11 | 12 |
Decision-making authorities (organisations that have economic and formal power within the context/field) present in news item*** | 20 | 32 |
Policy plan (planned or realised decision, measure or programme that relates to the issue) present in news item | 29 | 23 |
Actors concerned (citizens, corporations, organisations that are clearly related to the conflict/policy plan) present in news items | 20 | 18 |
Focus dimension | | |
Public/social relevance (vs personal/private consequences) present in news item Thematic (vs episodic) framing present in news item*** | 51 54 | 48 41 |
Style dimension | | |
Explicit personal views of the reporter: the journalist’s own personal impressions or opinions (vs impersonal) present in news item | 9 | 8 |
Opinionated/expressive (vs neutral/unemotional) style in news item** | 33 | 21 |