News Sourcing of Reports about President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III State of the Nation Address from 2012-2014

I.N. Gallegos¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.4 , pp.96-99, Apr-2022

Online published on Apr 30, 2022

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Abstract :
This research employed the descriptive qualitative method, specifically content analysis of the online news sources of the published articles from the mainstream media and alternative media about President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (PNoy) State of the Nation Address (SONA) from the years 2012-2014. This study aimed to identify the news articles published before, during, and after the day of PNoy’s SONA, classify the sources cited, and determine which of the two media outlets are more traditional and non-traditional in citing their sources. Online news articles from Inquirer.net (a mainstream media agency) and Mindanews.com, Sustar.com.ph, and Bulatlat.com (alternative media agencies) were used. Based on the data, it showed that the mainstream media is more traditional while alternative media is more non-traditional in sourcing their news reports. The findings also showed that there were more sources cited by the alternative media in their news reports than by the mainstream media.

Key-Words / Index Term :
mainstream media, alternative media, news sources, traditional sources, non-traditional sources

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