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BBC: Focus on the US and Iraq Public Television News in Comparison 06 News BBC: Focus on the US and Iraq Public television news in comparison MEDIA TENOR has analyzed the news selec- were more interested in the situation in Iraq than tion of the four leading public news stations in in the country where German troops are deployed: Switzerland (SF Tagesschau), Italy (RAI 1 TG), Tagesthemen covered Iraq more frequently than Af- UK (BBC at 10 o’clock news) and Germany (ARD ghanistan (chart 4). In the equivalent news program Tagesthemen): While SF Tagesschau provided RAI 1 TG, on the other side, Afghanistan comes in a balanced information fl ow, domestic coverage right after domestic news coverage. The Iraq ranks dominated in the other public channels. only after the US and the UK, although Italy is mili- tarily active in both countries. A major part of the foreign news coverage was Interest in the European Union has remained be- shaped by hot spot reporting – in particular in Rai 1 low the awareness threshold, despite its successful TG, BBC news and ARD Tagesthemen. Only the record of integration and growing acceptance among Swiss television showed restraint in coverage on hot EU citizens. Only in ARD Tagesthemen did the spots focused more on neighboring European coun- EU achieve a high presence, due to the German EU tries (chart 1). Presidency. Rai 1 primarily dealt with the kidnapping of the ARD Tagesthemen is the only television news Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo in Afghani- program that has Israel among the top ten most fre- stan (chart 2). In the UK, a possible troop withdrawal quently covered countries. The equivalent BBC pro- and Prince Harry’s ambitions to go to Iraq were the gram deems Africa and Palestine more important: key issues around the confl ict (chart 3). This illus- Here Palestine ranks 5th in the topic agenda, fol- trates that a general interest in the Iraq confl ict did lowed by France, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, exist, but that primary news from the region was not and Ethiopia. in the foreground. Only ARD Tagesthemen dealt Al-Aqsa, TV satellite channel of the radical Islamic with the situation in Iraq and the international impli- Palestinian organization Hamas, is changing its chil- cations of the confl ict in a balanced manner. dren’s programming: Farfur, Arabic for “butterfl y”, The foreign news editors of the ARD news shows will not present any more children’s programs. (km) Regional structure of the TV news coverage 51% 1) SF Tagesschau 2) RAI 1 TG Switzerland Italy 49 % USA Afghanistan Switzerlend France USA other countries Italy U.K. Germany Iraq Iraq France Iran Iran Russia Spain Rai Uno U.K. EU 65% Austria Germany 35 % 0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % Italy other countries 3) BBC at 10 o´clock 4) ARD Tagesthemen 60% U.K. Germany Iraq USA 40 % USA Iraq U.K. Iran EU other countries Palestine Afghanistan France Russia Afghanistan France Zimbabwe Italy 55% Jamaika Iran Ethiopia Israel 0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 45 % Germany Basis: 3,304 news stories in SF Tagesschau, 5,292 in Rai 1 TG, 2,353 in BBC at 10 o’clock news, 3,157 in ARD Tagesthemen other countries Time period: 01/01 - 05/15/2007 Media Tenor Research Report II/2007 MMT158-06-08_News-englisch.inddT158-06-08_News-englisch.indd 2 222.08.20072.08.2007 116:52:206:52:20 07 News Trend: Green is in Corporate Environmentalism In his latest publication “The Moralization of the Markets”, the cultural scientist and sociology profes- sor Nico Stehr reinforces the long-existing thesis that a radical change in the behavior of customers and producers is underway: Consumers force producers to produce goods and services under ethical consid- erations. The market power has been shifting since Hamas Micky Mouse bows to the beginning of the 1990s: The marketing literature international pressure calls this a change from the supplier to a demand market. The Micky Mouse version of the station in Ramal- One topic that will certainly become increasingly lah had become internationally notorious through important for the organizational communication of calls for “holy war”. The oversized foam rubber pup- companies, associations and institutions is environ- pet was beaten out of its last show by the caricature mentalism (Spiegel 24/2007): “One day every good of an Israeli real estate “shark”, after international will have a sticker on it that indicates how much car- criticism had also received support from the ranks of bon was emitted while producing and transporting Palestinian organizations. the good”, writes Stehr. Farfur’s cousin, the bee Nahool, will fi ll in – with The trend, he says, is carried by the opinion leaders the stated desire to “continue Farfur’s path, the path and proves self-reinforcing. In the opinion leading of martyrdom, that of the Jihad warrior”, as quoted media, this development is already clearly visible. by the Palestinian Media Watch Bulletin. In his name In 2007, the topic of “the environment” celebrated he will take “revenge on the enemies of Allah, the a high-fl ying comeback: In the fi rst half of 2007, the murders of the prophet” – a codename for “jews”. topic’s presence doubled compared to 2006. And in The “terrorism mouse”, wrote the New York the US, questions around the communication of en- Daily News, was, according to the British newspa- vironmental issues are already discussed under the per Times, a protagonist on the “new battlefi eld” be- term “Corporate Environmentalism”. tween Israel and Hamas: satellite television. Share of environmental issues in all topics 1,4% 1,2% 1,0% 0,8% 0,6% 0,4% 0,2% 0,0% 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 1-5/07 Media Tenor Research Report II/2007 MMT158-06-08_News-englisch.inddT158-06-08_News-englisch.indd 3 222.08.20072.08.2007 116:52:446:52:44 08 News Aggressive communication... Executives on Reputation ... is the best defense against financial investors’ attacks 95% of the corporate communication executives in- terviewed use media clippings for reputation analysis, Since the continuing takeover battle around the 73% even employ a systematic media content analy- Dutch bank ABN Amro, it has been proven that neither sis. Market research results, however, are only used by size nor specifi c industries can protect against attacks 50% of the interviewees at least once a month, accord- by hedge funds and private equity groups. At the an- ing to the result of a MEDIA TENOR survey among nual meeting of the German Investor Relation Circle communication professionals. (DIRK) in May this year, members agreed: “ABN 12% of them considered the so-called “intangibles”, Amro is, after Deutsche Börse, the second big ‘Aha!’- that is immaterial asset values – such as the reputation effect”, said Markus Rausch, Managing Director of and image – to be more important for corporate devel- Deutsche Bank, to the Financial Times Deutschland. opment. Only 9% regard quantifi able assets as the key Thomas Licharz, Director for Global Equity Service values of the company. 65% expect that in the coming at Deutsche Bank, considers a concerted, consistent 10 years, the importance of “intangibles” will continue communication in the fi rst two days after the attack to to grow. be crucial. This is because attackers increasingly use The basis of the study are 75 in-depth interviews with the media, in order to create majorities for their goals. corporate communication executives from the DAX 30 According to Matthias Vollbracht, Head of Research companies. for the area of business at MEDIA TENOR, communi- cation with the media offers most of the opportunities Media clippings for a defense: A strong and positive media resonance on the topics of strategy and business politics, he says, Media content analysis is important. If the CEO’s strategy is unclear, “share- holder activists” have a much easier time presenting an Customer survey opposing model to the media, thereby fi nding a major- Analyst/investor survey ity for their own plans with other investors. In general, coverage on the value drivers of the company should Focus group studies be balanced and positive. Employee survey You fi nd a detailed study on this topic in the cur- rent issue. Market research Stakeholder survey 0 % 20 % 40 % 60 % 80 % 100 % Health: Food and drugs are media topics Obesity/Eating disorders Alcoholism Obesity and eating disorders are the most impor- Transplantations tant issues for the media when it comes to health. Bird flu In the first half of 2007, a total of 143 news stories Food topics in general on the topic appeared in 36 global opinion leading AIDS, HIV media. The topic of drug abuse, too, attracted lively Euthanasia media attention: 211 news stories dealt with alcohol- Drug(abuse) ism, drug abuse and drugs (other aspects). Cancer Mental illness Drugs, other aspects Vaccinations Allergies Medications and their consequences Illnesses caused by nicotine 0 30 60 90 120 150 Media Tenor Research Report II/2007 MMT158-06-08_News-englisch.inddT158-06-08_News-englisch.indd 4 222.08.20072.08.2007 116:52:496:52:49.
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