International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 4

‘News and News Agencies: An Analysis of International News on Google News’

  • Author:
  • Bansi Lal
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 826 to 839

Research Scholar, CMT Department, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India

Online published on 27 September, 2019.

Abstract

The present study analyses the current scenario of International news on Google news. Google news is the the second most popular and visiting news aggregator on the Internet. The objectives of the study are to find out the dominant news agencies on online media and also to find out the prominent news category in international news. The research has selected the three editions (UK, US and India) of Google news and collected 3000 news articles from all the three editions. The mixed method approach (Quantitative & Qualitative) with methodological trangulation has been used for the study. The findings of the study indicate that REUTERS, AP & AFP frequently used by the global media, but the maximum news articles distributed by AP(Associated Press) in all the three editions. The researcher also found that a majority of news articles covered the Political issues. Thus the conclusion of the study shows that AP news agency dominant on global news media rather than other news agencies. At last, we can also state that ‘Political News'gain more coverage and space instead of other news categories.

Keywords

International news, News Agencies News aggregator, Mixed Method Content anlaysis Agenda setting, New Media etc