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National identity building through patterns of an international third-person perception in news coverage
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Abstract This article argues that news coverage plays an important role for national identity building in a way that it evaluates the own nation better than foreign nations (in-group/out-group bias). This notion is being transferred to the media as an element of national cultural identity. We identify analog... view more
This article argues that news coverage plays an important role for national identity building in a way that it evaluates the own nation better than foreign nations (in-group/out-group bias). This notion is being transferred to the media as an element of national cultural identity. We identify analogies between national identity building through the mass media and the third-person perception, which states that people assume others to be more vulnerable to negative media influences. It is hypothesized that patterns of an international third-person perception occur in news coverage, i.e. the news media should present media influences in the own country to be weaker than in other countries. A first standardized content analysis (N = 2204) of newspaper coverage from the US and Germany on elections in own and other countries supports this hypothesis. Consequences are discussed and directions for future research are pointed out.... view less
Keywords
national identity; cultural identity; mass media; content analysis; reporting; United States of America; Federal Republic of Germany; national stereotype; identity formation; pattern of interpretation; international communication; cultural imperialism; election; social perception; selective perception
Classification
Mass Communication
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Free Keywords
Campaign coverage; content analysis; illusory superiority; in-group/out-group bias; national identity; news coverage; presumed media influence; self-enhancement; social identity; third-person perception
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 732-749
Journal
The International Communication Gazette, 75 (2013) 8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048513482546
ISSN
1748-0493
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications