Trends in the international news coverage on Latin America in Germany in the 21st century

Cazzamatta, Regina

doi:10.1590/1982-25532020245236

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Articles • Galáxia (São Paulo) (44) • May-Aug 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-25532020245236 linkcopy

Trends in the international news coverage on Latin America in Germany in the 21st century¹

Tendências na cobertura internacional da América Latina na Alemanha no início do século

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

This study aims at analysing the main developments in foreign reporting of Latin America by the German press. The paper provides a content analysis of 3.831 articles published in quality German publications (SZNenhum, FAZ, Der Spiegel, and tazNenhum) between 2000 and 2014. The most common news factors related to the continent are found to be “magnitude,” “power status,” “economic proximity”, and “personification.” Additionally, we identified a decrease in hard news over the years (6 pp within Politics and 8 pp amidst Economy). Despite depoliticisation, a tendency towards tabloidisation was not confirmed since factors such as personification and crisis remained constant.

Keywords news values; Latin America’s foreign reporting; global reporting; international communication; German press

		2000-2004 (I)		2005-2009 (II)		2010-2014 (III)
I	Domestic Policy	36.20	Domestic Policy	36.10	Domestic Policy	30.20
II	Economy & Finance	20.10	Culture & Society	17.30	Culture & Society	18.90
III	Culture & Society	15.90	Foreign Policy & International Affair	16.70	Foreign Policy & International Affair	13.20
IV	Foreign Policy & International Affair	13.40	Economy & Finance	11.80	Economy & Finance	12.70
V	Social & Social Order	3.70	Social & Social Order	3.60	Disaster & Accidents	7.10
VI	Disaster & Accidents	2.40	Disaster & Accidents	3.20	Crime & Deliquency	6.20
VII	Celebrity, Style and Gossip	2,40	Crime & Deliquency	3.10	Environment & Environment Policy	4.40
VIII	Environment & Environment Policy	2.10	Celebrity, Style and Gossip	3.00	Social & Social Order	3.50
IX	Crime & Deliquency	2.00	Research & Technology	2.70	Celebrity, Style and Gossip	2.00
X	Research & Technology	1.90	Environment & Environment Policy	2.50	Research & Technology	1.80
	N	1441	N	1441	N	1207

	(2000–2004) I	(2005–2009) II	(2010–2014) III
*Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ)*
Domestic Policy	35.50	32.00	26.50
Economy & Finance	18.70	7.80	12.70
Culture & Society	15.20	20.10	22.50
Foreign Policy & International Affairs	12.90	16.00	11.20
Celebrity, Style and Gossip	4.40	4.10	3.70
Crime & Delinquency	3.60	3.80	6.90
Research & Technology	2.80	3.80	2.30
Social & Social Order	2.50	3.10	1.70
Disasters & Accidents	2.20	6.30	8.60
Environment & Environment Policy	2.20	3.10	3.70
	363	319	347
*Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)*
Domestic Policy	31.40	34.90	27.60
Economy & Finance	28.70	22.10	22.80
Foreign Policy & International Affairs	13.40	18.30	16.80
Culture & Society	13.20	11.20	12.00
Social & Social Order	4.60	4.60	1.20
Disasters & Accidents	3.00	2.00	7.80
Crime & Delinquency	2.00	2.50	5.40
Celebrity, Style, and Gossip	1.80	2.30	1.80
Environment & Environment Policy	1.10	0.50	2.40
Research & Technology	0.90	1.50	2.10
	659	393	333

	(2000–2004) I	(2005–2009) II	(2010–2014) III
*tageszeitung (taz)*
Domestic Policy	45.50	42.20	35.30
Culture & Society	21.90	21.50	20.90
Foreign Policy & International Affairs	12.50	15.60	12.00
Economy & Finance	8.70	6.90	6.70
Social & Social Order	4.10	3.30	6.70
Environment & Environment Policy	3.20	3.30	6.00
Research & Technology	2.00	1.00	0.40
Disasters & Accidents	1.50	2.00	5.10
Crime & Delinquency	0.30	2.80	5.80
Celebrity, Style and Gossip	0.30	1.30	1.10
	343	391	450
*Der Spiegel*
Domestic Policy	38.20	28.70	28.60
Foreign Policy & International Affairs	19.70	16.30	13.00
Culture & Society	15.80	16.30	20.80
Celebrity, Style, and Gossip	6.60	10.00	0.00
Research & Technology	5.30	12.50	6.50
Environment & Environment Policy	5.30	6.30	6.50
Economy & Finance	3.90	1.30	3.90
Crime & Delinquency	2.60	5.00	9.10
Disasters & Accidents	1.30	2.50	9.10
Social & Social Order	1.30	1.30	2.60
N	76	80	77

in per cent	SZ	FAZ	taz	Spiegel
Magnitude	95.7	97.3	96.5	98.3
Power status	93.4	94.4	92.2	92.7
Personification	91.1	86.4	94.6	91.0
Economic proximity	80.7	84.3	77.4	77.7
Eliteness	78.8	85.9	81.9	76.6
Prominence	55.2	66.7	68.2	56.3
Conflict & Controversy	55.1	51.3	58.4	51.5
Negativity	47.9	39.6	42.1	46.8
Damage	45.4	37.1	38.9	38.2
Success	28.7	27.2	32.3	28.3
German Involvement	22.3	18.9	21.6	18.9

Factors’ Intensity (0-3)	SZ	FAZ	taz	Spiegel
Magnitude	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.2
Power status	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.9
Economic Proximity	1.7	1.9	1.6	1.7
Personification	1.6	1.4	1.6	2.0
Prominence	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.4
Intensity of crises	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0
Damage	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6
Success	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4

Rang	SZ	FAZ	taz	Der Spiegel
I	Brazil (16.50)	Argentina (19.50)	Brazil (13.60)	Brazil (21.70)
II	Argentina (14.60)	Brazil (19.10)	Argentina (12.40)	Cuba (11.40)
III	Mexico (10.70)	Mexico (10.90)	Mexico (9.60)	Argentina (10.30)
IV	Cuba (8.90)	Venezuela (8.20)	Colombia (9.60)	Mexico (9.90)
V	Venezuela (7.20)	Colombia (6.80)	Cuba (8.80)	Colombia (9.10)
VI	Colombia (7.00)	Cuba (6.50)	Venezuela (7.90)	Venezuela (6.50)

Intensity	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14
Magnitude	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.4
Power Status	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	1.8	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.0
Economic Proximity	1.8	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.8	1.9	1.8
Personification	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5
Prominence	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.2	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.4
Conflict & Controversy	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.67	0.7	0.8
Damage	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6
Success	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4

Factors	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14
Magnitude	95.3	96.1	97.6	96.8	96.4	95.2	95.0	96.8	97.1	97.0	98.7	98.1	94.0	98.3	97.0
Power Status	95.3	94.9	96.1	96.0	93.6	95.2	93.5	94.5	94.2	78.5	94.4	93.0	95.4	92.4	90.6
Personification	89.5	87.4	86.7	88.8	90.8	90.0	90.4	92.2	95.0	95.3	91.8	93.4	90.3	89.1	88.9
Economic Proximity	82.6	85.9	90.9	83.6	73.3	79.7	75.8	85.8	71.8	82.4	68.3	77.5	81.5	87.8	82.9
Eliteness	85.2	83.1	84.0	81.0	83.8	81.7	84.8	81.2	86.2	81.9	76.7	79.6	79.9	80.8	81.6
Prominence	66.1	61.1	61.2	60.0	62.6	63.9	67.9	66.1	68.4	65.3	55.6	63.3	61.2	65.3	62.0
Concentration on Politics	55.1	43.5	45.6	54.4	51.8	42.9	58.1	51.8	57.7	52.4	39.2	43.7	41.7	50.8	42.7
Conflict & Controversy	45.2	60.7	62.2	53.6	56.2	45.9	43.8	55.0	60.6	58.4	59.5	48.8	51.9	52.9	56.4
Crisis within Politics	65.1	64.1	69.5	67.6	73.8	65.7	58.9	69.9	73.4	73.0	60.8	59.1	68.9	66.9	69.9
Negativity	38.0	51.4	57.4	41.6	44.6	39.4	33.8	39.0	44.8	44.6	46.4	40.4	36.1	36.1	42.3
Success	30.4	22.8	23.0	28.0	29.1	33.3	29.6	28.9	25.7	33.0	30.4	36.6	32.9	29.8	32.1
Damage	28.6	52.0	52.6	42.0	37.1	39.0	30.0	37.6	36.9	40.3	44.8	36.6	36.6	34.9	41.0
Ethnocentrism	17.0	21.3	17.3	10.0	23.5	23.8	21.9	17.0	18.3	19.7	20.6	24.4	19.9	22.7	23.9

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Trends in the international news coverage on Latin America in Germany in the 21st century1

Tendências na cobertura internacional da América Latina na Alemanha no início do século

Abstract

Trends in the international news coverage on Latin America in Germany in the 21st century¹