Public Voices Muted in Economic News: A Content Analysis of Public and Elite Sources in South Korean Newspapers

Kanghui Baek and Na Yeon Lee

SAGE Open, 2020, vol. 10, issue 2, 2158244020935097

Abstract: This study explores the extent to which public and elite sources are used in economic news. A content analysis of the economic coverage of three major South Korean national newspapers published between 1994 and 2014 found that elite sources were more prominent in South Korean economic news. More important, although public sources increased slightly in the economic news over three time periods (1994, 2004, and 2014) within a period of 20 years, they were still less common than elite sources in daily life–oriented economic news. This study suggests that the lack of coverage that cites public sources may not reflect the interests and perspectives of the general public (the nonelites).

Keywords: news sources; public source; elite source; economic news; South Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244020935097

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