Open AccessMachiavelli Meets Michelangelo
Author(s) -
Bradley C. Freeman,
Andrew J. Duffy,
Xiaoge Xu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244016645147
Subject(s) - newspaper , the arts , documentation , government (linguistics) , content analysis , state (computer science) , media studies , sociology , history , political science , social science , law , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , programming language
This article examines newspaper coverage of the arts in Singaporeto consider the role of the island state’s newspapers in the development anddocumentation of Singapore’s growing arts scene. Sampling two constructed weeks for eachof 10 years, 1999 to 2008, content analysis is used to examine arts coverage in theStraits Times and Lianhe Zaobao. The study benefits from groundwork laid by Janssen’s1999 study of arts coverage in Dutch newspapers, in which not only quantity of contentwas reported but also hierarchical attention was paid to art forms over decades.Singapore is of interest as it represents a country where neither the arts nornewspapers are declining, and both enjoy significant overseeing by thegovernment
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