Open AccessConvergence of Attention and Prominence Dimensions of Salience among Major Online Newspapers
Author(s) -
Lim Jeongsub
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of computer‐mediated communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.15
H-Index - 119
ISSN - 1083-6101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2010.01521.x
Subject(s) - newspaper , salience (neuroscience) , publication , convergence (economics) , advertising , political science , media studies , psychology , sociology , cognitive psychology , business , economics , economic growth
This study explores two primary dimensions of salience, such as attention and prominence, among coverage of four major online newspapers, which areNYTimes.com , USATODAY.com , washingtonpost.com , and LATimes.com . The four major online newspapers agree with not only issue agendas (attention of salience) but also story placement (prominence of salience). Specifically , NYTimes.com and washingtonpost.com post more important stories on the most visible areas of their major sections and publish less important stories on the bottom areas of the sections. This indicates the potentials of major online newspapers to influence other news media. Because news Web sites are major information sources, the convergence of attention and prominence is likely to affect public opinion.