From inception to reception: the natural history of a news item
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Media, Culture & Society
- Vol. 21 (1) , 5-31
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016344399021001001
Abstract
This article compares the complex dynamics involved in the production and reception of a newspaper article. This case study is used as the basis for a broader discussion of the encoding and decoding of meaning via the news media. The article recommends that closer attention needs to be given to the linkages between these moments in the mass communication process, and the temporal contexts within which they occur.Keywords
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