Arango-Kure, Maria; Garz, Marcel; Rott, Armin - In: Journal of Media Economics 27 (2014) 4, pp. 199-214
News media are often believed to focus on negative events as a means to increase their audience and profits. This study evaluates whether this conjecture applies in the case of the 3 German news magazines <italic>Der Spiegel, Stern</italic>, and <italic>Focus</italic> in the period from 1997 to 2009. Based on detailed content...